Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper”, portrays Jesus having dinner with his disciples. Da Vinci has so beautifully displayed even the minutest of details. Be it the way the disciples or Jesus is sitting, talking and even pointing to something or someone has been exotically put onto the canvass. The light, though dim; defines each character properly and is dark where required. The background is shown lighter than the front picture.
When looking at the picture, the variation of colors is such that one can easily identify the background. The colors used are all simple and not so bright that they hide the true emotions and expressions of the characters. The spacing is precisely done. Da Vinci has given the painting a real look of a dinner room as it is in reality. “The Last Supper” is undoubtedly an impeccable piece of art.
Titian’s “Assumption”, on the other hand, uses more light effects, a shade darker. The choice of colors is just superb. The detailing has been done with utmost care. The line and space have been justifiably used. The different shade of colors filled into the flowers, is just striking. The complete painting is a dream realized. The best part of Titian’s ‘Assumption’ is the light effect. A single color blue has given the painting the effect of a real one. Different shades of blue have been used.
Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” uses darker shades of blue and a lot of black. The city view has been painted beautifully. The painting depicts the view outside his sanitarium room window at night, although it was painted from memory during the day. The painter had had memories of the day when he painted the painting at night. The line and space has also been done full justice to. The horizon is painted on almost the correct position. The city view is painted very well.Priority has been given to the start studded sky also showing the moon inscribed in the sun. The ambiguity of the painting is very amusing. This proves that Van Gogh had had memories from the day and had painted at night.
Jasper John’s “Numbers in Color” is a very colorful painting with red having the prominence in various parts. The painting shows simply numbers from 0 to 9 continuously, with a few shades of colors randomly spaced. According to Jasper, he likes to mix a different medium with an image and to see how they react to each other. The line and spacing is not much of a point here since the painting has a single pattern.
Andrea Mantegna’s “The Dead Christ” is a masterpiece in itself. The lamenting over the Christ has been given a very realistic touch. The expressions of the characters in the painting are almost real. The light effect is very dull since the demise of Lord Jesus is being shown. Even the colors are not much. The painter has used only two or three colors and still depicted the scene with utmost reality and verity. The mourners, though, have not been shown completely. More space has been given to the bed on which Jesus is lying. The spacing has not been done properly as compared to other paintings described in the paper. Otherwise, the painting is almost next to reality.