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Yeah, it's a miracle the original even survived, given that it was used as a stable, stones were thrown at it and the convent was bombed during the war. The 'Da
by huskyr 6y ago
Yeah, it's a miracle the original even survived, given that it was used as a stable, stones were thrown at it and the convent was bombed during the war. The 'Damage and restoration' section of the Wikipedia article is almost comical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo)#Damage_and_restorations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo)#Dam....
- aosaigh 6y ago> In 1821, Stefano Barezzi, an expert in removing whole frescoes from their walls intact, was called in to remove the painting to a safer location; he badly damaged the center section before realizing that Leonardo's work was not a fresco. This made me laugh. I wasn't aware of its history. It's amazing how much effort has gone into preserving it over the centuries.
- lou1306 6y agoDa Vinci's experiments with "frescoes" were tragicomical themselves. The guy really tried his darnedest to make frescoes as lifelike as oil paintings. Results: most of his fresco works are either lost or need a lot of restoration work.
- klyrs 6y ago* use in a small and inconspicuous portion of the fresco before attempting to remove the fresco
- dboreham 6y agoDon't forget that they chiseled a doorway into it too, in order to save a bit of time walking around the long way to lunch.