Last Suppers

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Today we
are revisiting
the subject of
Jesus’ Last
Supper
.

We
looked
at one version
and it’s variations
on the painting by
Leonardo da’Vinci
in a previous
exhibit
:

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There are
countless examples
of similar paintings; Jesus
and his disciples sitting
on the same side of
a rectangular table
.

Here’s one that
looks quite solemn
:

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
France
1896

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In this one,
no one is paying
attention to Jesus,
and he looks like he
might be ready for
some alone time
:

Jacopo Bassano
Italy
1542

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I included
this one for the
interesting
faces
:

Hans Holbein the Younger
Switzerland
1524

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Although his dinner companions
have been with him for three years,
they look confused and agitated
in many of these paintings
:

Audrey Mironov
Russia
2009

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Some see these
paintings as a puzzle,
and try to identify the
figures based on the
details we know
about them
from scripture
.

Labels for Leonardo
:

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Can you
identify Judas
in this one
?

Jaume Huguet
Catalan
1470

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(Judas is the only figure
without a golden halo)

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Here’s a more
dramatic scene
.
You can see the
motion & emotions
as Judas rises to leave
:

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One more
example of everyone
‘sitting on the same side
of a rectangular table’
before we move on
to more modern
variations
…

This one was painted
on aluminum, and during
its exhibit the figure of
Jesus was shot
.
There is a hole
on Jesus’ right side,
but the shooter was
not identified
:

Lorna May Wadsworth
England
2010

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In this
painting the
table is round, and
Jesus is calmly looking
directly at us, but the
unbalanced drapery
and the tilted table-
top give the scene
a chaotic feeling
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