7. The Last Supper – Story of a Painting Experiment Gone Wrong. When the project was given to him, Leonardo da Vinci was new to painting frescos (murals).

1. The painting depicts a shocking moment from the Last Supper. The Last Supper was a common motif for the artists of da Vinci’s time. But the ingenious painter decided to focus on a specific ...

2024 Paris Olympics organizers are facing backlash for an alleged parody of "The Last Supper" painting during the openig ceremony. The post Paris Olympics Accused of Mocking Catholic Church ...

Even if last Friday’s performance were a reference to Leonardo’s “The Last Supper,” it would still be true to the Catholic Church’s art history. The concept of depicting Jesus and his ...

Did the Olympics mock the Last Supper? Explaining Dionysus and why Christians are angry Was the opening ceremony performance a mockery of Christianity, as some are suggesting?

The Vatican broke its silence Saturday on the controversial drag performance that mocked Leonardo da Vinci's iconic "Last Supper" painting during the 2024 Paris Olympics' opening ceremony.

Paris 2024 organisers apologised on Sunday to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony that appeared to parody Leonardo da Vinci's ...

To reference the Last Supper — particularly the da Vinci version, although many paintings have featured the scene — the apostles are usually clustered in three groups of four, connected ...