Tintoretto The Last Supper Interpretation
Jacopo Tintoretto – the “Last Supper”
The European renaissance era started its early manifestations in Italy reflecting on different topics such as architecture, dance, literature, music, philosophy, science, technology, warfare and fine arts. One of the renaissance era artists, Jacopo Tintoretto depicted the “Last Supper” several times during his artistic career when a work of his final years 1592-94 presents a drastically unconventional compositional formula.
What makes of Tintoretto’s “Last Supper” an unconventional presentation of this subject in terms of design/ visual elements and how can it be interpreted as work of art?
The “Last Supper” is an oil on canvas painting by the dimensions of 365cm x 568 cm executed in 1592-94 and housed …show more content…
In terms of the use of light and colors it is clear that light comes into obscurity from both the light on the ceiling and from Jesus’ aureola. Also Tintoretto focuses on motion in his painting bringing the image to dramatic life. How dramatic this scene is engages the viewers in keeping with its ideals where there was use of different devices that noted its asymmetric and complex composition.
This artwork portrays the last supper in a whole different approach influenced by harmonious ideals and even goes a step further where it is intellectually sophisticated and almost opposed to naturalistic qualities where it favors compositional tension and instability rather than the balance and clarity of earlier renaissance painting. We also notice in this painting a form of unity where all the subjects complete each other throughout the dramatic gestures that Tintoretto emphasizes on and that form a continuous line or path moving that can be easily identified in that artwork. If we were to discuss the signs and signifiers of this painting we notice that although it is opposed to naturalistic styles, we find realistic aspects in it where darkness comes to reflect the dominating human ignorance and disassociates somehow the dressed people serving food as if to
The European renaissance era started its early manifestations in Italy reflecting on different topics such as architecture, dance, literature, music, philosophy, science, technology, warfare and fine arts. One of the renaissance era artists, Jacopo Tintoretto depicted the “Last Supper” several times during his artistic career when a work of his final years 1592-94 presents a drastically unconventional compositional formula.
What makes of Tintoretto’s “Last Supper” an unconventional presentation of this subject in terms of design/ visual elements and how can it be interpreted as work of art?
The “Last Supper” is an oil on canvas painting by the dimensions of 365cm x 568 cm executed in 1592-94 and housed …show more content…
In terms of the use of light and colors it is clear that light comes into obscurity from both the light on the ceiling and from Jesus’ aureola. Also Tintoretto focuses on motion in his painting bringing the image to dramatic life. How dramatic this scene is engages the viewers in keeping with its ideals where there was use of different devices that noted its asymmetric and complex composition.
This artwork portrays the last supper in a whole different approach influenced by harmonious ideals and even goes a step further where it is intellectually sophisticated and almost opposed to naturalistic qualities where it favors compositional tension and instability rather than the balance and clarity of earlier renaissance painting. We also notice in this painting a form of unity where all the subjects complete each other throughout the dramatic gestures that Tintoretto emphasizes on and that form a continuous line or path moving that can be easily identified in that artwork. If we were to discuss the signs and signifiers of this painting we notice that although it is opposed to naturalistic styles, we find realistic aspects in it where darkness comes to reflect the dominating human ignorance and disassociates somehow the dressed people serving food as if to