Painted on the refectory wall of Santa Maria delle Grazie for Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo rejected true fresco — which demands speed — for an experimental dry-wall technique that let him work slowly and revise; it began flaking within twenty years. The composition catches the instant after Christ says that one of the twelve will betray him, and the shock travels outward in four groups of three.
Painted on the refectory wall of Santa Maria delle Grazie for Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo rejected true fresco — which demands speed — for an experimental dry-wall technique that let him work slowly and revise; it began flaking within twenty years. The composition catches the instant after Christ says that one of the twelve will betray him, and the shock travels outward in four groups of three.Read more
