Video from Great Art Explained
Great Art Explained: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
"Milan, 1494: Leonardo da Vinci was an exceptional man, and everyone who met him described him as a genius. And yet, he was now 42 years old – a middle-aged man in an era when life expectancy was 40 - And he still hadn’t produced anything that would be considered a masterpiece by his contemporaries. Many of his works were unfinished or in private collections, there were no great public works that people could see, no architectural marvels and no distinguished altarpieces for cathedrals.
Nothing that could be considered worthy of his potential.
Then, he was asked to paint a wall." from the video introduction
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