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‘The Last Supper’: Paul Elie feasts on artistic ferment over religion in the ’80s
Ronald Reagan's election sparked a counterrevolution in the arts community, with Dylan, Bono and Scorsese among those showing ...
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Art: THE TRUE LAST SUPPER
The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ... Among the first to approve the restoration was the ancient Expertizer of Renaissance Art, Bernard Berenson, 89, who climbed a scaffold ...
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How Sex and Religion Collided in 1980s Culture
THE LAST SUPPER: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s, by Paul Elie What, you thought our long national nightmare of celebrating the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” was ...
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The Last Supper was Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest masterpiece, but it took only 20 years for the painting to begin crumbling apart.
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is one of the most iconic artworks in Western history. But from the moment the paint dried, the masterpiece began to deteriorate. leading to a five-century effort ...
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The Painting Behind the Olympic Scandal: 5 Spiritual Features of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’
Google searches for da Vinci’s The Last Supper have skyrocketed in the past few days. With so much interest in the work of art, it’s worth reconsidering what exactly it depicts — and how ...
Hyperallergic10mon
No, the Olympics Ceremony Did Not Copy “The Last Supper”
A performance involving French singer Philippe Katerine as Bacchus at the Olympics opening ceremony was incorrectly interpreted as a recreation of “The Last Supper.” (photo by Ludovic Marin ...
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Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' painted in late 1400s is viewed by 460,000 visitors each year
"His work of art represents the Last Supper as told in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his twelve Apostles would betray him before sunrise, but does not reveal which one ...
BBC Europe6mon
Music 'hidden' in Last Supper art
A computer technician has claimed to have cracked a real Da Vinci code, by finding musical notes encoded in the masterpiece The Last Supper. Leonardo Da Vinci left clues to a 40-second musical ...
Fox News10mon
'Full House' actress defends Olympics 'Last Supper' performance after Christian co-star blasts it
On Monday, Sweetin defended the ceremony and accused those offended by it of being ignorant of art history ... the feast of Dionysus, not the last supper," she explained in her post, according ...
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This tiny church is America’s own Sistine Chapel — visitors flock to see its ‘Last Supper’ and other ‘rich’ frescoes: ‘A very, very special place’
The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to ... Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” A fresco depicting ...
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‘The Chosen: Last Supper’ Sets June 15 Streaming Date With New Trailer (TV News Roundup)
Prime Video has released a new trailer and streaming date for “The Chosen: The Last Supper ... debuted the official trailer and new key art for season two of “Nine Perfect Strangers ...