Leonardo da Vinci is the creator of 22 paintings, possibly even more but many of his paintings were not finished. Da Vinci has changed the world through art and engineering. He began painting when he was young, thus making him the youngest painter of his time. For the seventeen years he spent as a painter, he won few awards for his Last Supper and Mona Lisa paintings, which are among the most popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance, and still are today. “The Mona Lisa painting is the most famous and the most visited painting in the world getting around six million visitors per year” The Telegraph Group. The Last Supper painting portrays Jesus and his apostles sharing a meal the night before Jesus’ crucifixion. The Last Supper painting is a masterpiece because it is the work of a genius whose work had been restored and valued for centuries. It uses the language of the day through the dress and common religion, and it moves the viewer to feel emotions such as anger and sadness.
- "The painting was recently restored, but Brown's dates aren't quite right. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, "not until the most modern restoration techniques were applied after World War II was the process of decay halted. A major restoration campaign begun in 1980 and completed in 1999 restored the work to brilliance but also revealed that very little of the original paint remains."
- "This is not all that strange - other depictions of the Last Supper have shown each disciple with a cup rather than the traditional chalice."