How Veronese was accused by the Inquisition of blasphemy by painting “buffoons, drunken Germans, dwarfs” and others in his vast painting of the Last Supper.
Last Supper
Born near Florence in 1452, the Renaissance Man and polymath died 500 years ago when retired in France. A summary of his great artistic achievements.
Some of the most famous works of European art: Vitruvian Man, The Last Supper, and the second (London) version of the Virgin of the Rocks.
His 8 Last Suppers from 1547 to around 1593 compared with contemporary versions by Titian, the Bassanos, and Veronese. A true feast.
Veronese used a narrative form which only works in paintings and other visual media, and is still used in popular children’s books.
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