The Last Supper: Creating Depth Perception and Emotion through Perspective and Technique

The Last Supper is a masterpiece in creating depth perception/nLeonardo da Vinci studied perspective and geometry for years before painting scenes with depth/nLeonardo da Vinci used sumato and kiascuro to create the sensation of movement and emotion/nThe Apostles in the painting appear to be in motion, talking, sulking and gesturing with their hands to convey their feelings/nLeonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper by mounting scaffolding and remaining there from sunrise to sunset, painting continually