Discovery News
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:31 CST
Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' in Vivid Detail
More than 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted
The Last Supper, Leonardo3, a media company based out of Milan, has digitally reconstructed da Vinci's masterpiece.
The team assembled the image based on hundreds of high-definition photographs of the original mural. They also looked at contemporary copies of
The Last Supper, such as the one by Giampietrino, a painter influenced by da Vinci.
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Although The Last Supper in its current form appears faded and cracked, this 21st century recreation features bright, vivid colors that simulate the mural's original appearance.
To find out more about the painting and efforts to preserve it over the years,
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