{"id":1687,"date":"2021-11-09T12:27:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:27:27","slug":"11-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/2021\/11\/09\/11-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this class we discussed the suggestion of depth through the use of perspective.  Leonardo&#8217;s <em>Last Supper<\/em> provides a great example of the technique, with the vanishing point drawing focus to Christ and the room symbolically suggesting theological concepts.  This includes the use of the largest window to invoke a halo behind Christ.  I found it interesting how Leonardo utilized numbers within the structure of the &#8220;fresco&#8221; to invoke such themes.  The four groupings of three apostles, coupled with four panels on each side wall and three openings at the back of the room, invoke the Trinity, theological virtues, the gospels, and the cardinal virtues.  Taken together, they represent the seven sorrows of the virgin, vices, and virtues, and the 12 apostles, months, and hours of the day.  The principles Leonardo used are detailed in Alberti&#8217;s <em>On Painting<\/em>, which served as a comprehensive set of instructions for any painter.  I also found it interesting that the usage of perspective greatly differed between Italian and Northern artists, with Northerners using rising perspective and tilt to show more detail while Italians followed stricter rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this class we discussed the suggestion of depth through the use of perspective. Leonardo&#8217;s Last Supper provides a great example of the technique, with the vanishing point drawing focus to Christ and the room symbolically suggesting theological concepts. This includes the use of the largest window to invoke a halo behind Christ. I found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10549,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1693,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions\/1693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}