Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is one of the world’s most famous works of art. Painted in 1495 in the refectory of a Dominican convent in Milan, Italy, the Last Supper is celebrated as the first work of the High Renaissance. Few people realize that Leonardo’s painting of the subject was the culmination of nearly 1,000 years of iconographic tradition; and that his depiction of Jesus and twelve (soon to be eleven) of his closest followers sharing their last meal together was one of dozens of Last Supper paintings to adorn refectory – or “dining hall” – walls in Italy. Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar where he will explore the evolution of the Last Supper in Italian art.