Name: Xiaoyu Zeng
ARCH161 – M21 LEC(2587)
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Italy, 1497
Gothic(Nave) and Renaissance (Apse and Dome)
Architect(s): Guiniforte Solari, Donato Bramante
[Introduction]
The Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie which is situated
in the heart of Milan, is an outstanding work of architecture. It also is an
emblem within the Catholic tradition.
This church is a normal church about Virgin Mary. It has
brown walls and smooth lines. It seems not any other special thing I can talk
about that. However, it is precisely because this normal makes this church
becomes an independent church after we combined other beautiful and dazzling
churches in Italy. Another reason is that here has a famous painting which name
is “Last Supper” from Da Vinci. It hangs in the chapel of the church about
convent for the wall of Thanksgiving dining room. It attracted many fans want
to come here to watch the painting.
[The Last Supper]
This paint is not traditional fresco so that it is very
vulnerable to erosion of the external environment. It have repeatedly repaired
during hundred s of years. In 1999, artists and scientists repaired and restored
the original color on the large area of the painting, and they also removed the
color from the past repair. Finally they made it recover the origin as maximum.
The painting’s theme is that of the Gospel of John, in
which Jesus announces that one of his apostles will betray him.
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