"The Last Supper" Topic
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| Tango01 | 16 Jan 2015 10:08 p.m. PST |
"With Milan serving as their base during the 1798 campaign in Italy, the French stabled their horses in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The hussars paid only slightly less reverence to the painting on the North wall than the Dominican monks had; in 1550, two years after da Vinci completed his commission, the abbot, aggrieved that his dinner arrived cold, cut a door in the wall and cut off Christ's feet. (During WWII, the Allies did worse, dropping a bomb that destroyed the other three walls and the ceiling.) Eventually, French Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais brought the work to the attention of his stepfather. Napoleon relocated the troops and began a process of preserving "The Last Supper" that continues today…"
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| Jeigheff | 17 Jan 2015 8:43 a.m. PST |
That's an amazing diorama. I have a lot of admiration for artists who can make miniature works of art like this. |
| Tango01 | 17 Jan 2015 10:24 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
 Jlundberg  | 17 Jan 2015 12:33 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 17 Jan 2015 11:43 p.m. PST |
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| jtkimmel | 18 Jan 2015 12:20 p.m. PST |
Incredible work, absolutely amazing. |
| Tango01 | 18 Jan 2015 3:37 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it too my friend. Amicalement
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ponders nirvana.