The Last Supper in Todays Culture
Ry Hayler
Great Moments in Art
Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is a particularly well known painting to say the least. The painting depicts the last supper being shared by Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples. The painting represents the moment when Jesus Christ tells his disciples that one of them will betray him. The painting was made using a technique known as fresco, which caused the painting to deteriorate quickly. The painting was eventually restored and has been copied many times. Even in today’s culture, countless renditions are done of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper; many of the renditions take popular icons and have them mimic Jesus Christ and his disciples. Renditions of the painting vary from new painting styles all the way to scenes in a movie. The artwork I have selected is from the opening credits of a movie known as “Watchmen”. I believe the scene is a good representation of Leonardo’s The Last Supper in today’s pop culture. The movie “Watchmen” is based on a comic book in where superheroes exist in an alternate reality of the 1980’s. Though none of the superheroes actually have superpowers, they are called superheroes throughout the movie and comic book since they represent a super task force for crime.
In the movie, the superheroes are trying to keep the world from starting a nuclear war. The opening credits of the movie show 20th century historical events in the United States that have actually happened, but most have a slight twist to them. The superheroes are involved in these historical events as if they had actually been there. The opening credits consist of slow motion events; there is even one of Andy Warhol showing off one of his famous paintings of Marilyn Monroe. However, instead of having the Marilyn Monroe in the paintings, it was one of the superheroes known as Night Owl. The opening credits are full of these slight twists on actual historical events. One of the scenes shows the superheroes around a table
Great Moments in Art
Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is a particularly well known painting to say the least. The painting depicts the last supper being shared by Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples. The painting represents the moment when Jesus Christ tells his disciples that one of them will betray him. The painting was made using a technique known as fresco, which caused the painting to deteriorate quickly. The painting was eventually restored and has been copied many times. Even in today’s culture, countless renditions are done of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper; many of the renditions take popular icons and have them mimic Jesus Christ and his disciples. Renditions of the painting vary from new painting styles all the way to scenes in a movie. The artwork I have selected is from the opening credits of a movie known as “Watchmen”. I believe the scene is a good representation of Leonardo’s The Last Supper in today’s pop culture. The movie “Watchmen” is based on a comic book in where superheroes exist in an alternate reality of the 1980’s. Though none of the superheroes actually have superpowers, they are called superheroes throughout the movie and comic book since they represent a super task force for crime.
In the movie, the superheroes are trying to keep the world from starting a nuclear war. The opening credits of the movie show 20th century historical events in the United States that have actually happened, but most have a slight twist to them. The superheroes are involved in these historical events as if they had actually been there. The opening credits consist of slow motion events; there is even one of Andy Warhol showing off one of his famous paintings of Marilyn Monroe. However, instead of having the Marilyn Monroe in the paintings, it was one of the superheroes known as Night Owl. The opening credits are full of these slight twists on actual historical events. One of the scenes shows the superheroes around a table