In our class today, we focused our discussion on the topic of the depiction of depth in renaissance art. We used the Last Supper painting as an example of a painting with a fantastic use of depth. I thought it was really interesting how Leonardo connected the patterns of numbers (3 and 4) with christian dogma (virtues, apostles, etc). Furthermore, I thought it was interesting how the biggest opening in the back is behind Christ and how this serves as a form of a halo. I knew that as time progressed artists abandoned the halo, but I thought it was interesting how though this artistic tradition was abandoned, artists still replicated the purpose in a different way (the focus on Christ and his holiness). I also thought it was interesting how we began to talk about the strict rules of suggesting depth in artwork, specifically with vanishing points. Our discussion about how this is done differently depending on where the artist is located \/ trained was interesting, as I\u2019ve never thought about how the location could mean so much on how artists suggest illusionistic depth in their artwork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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