1. • Their most famous piece and why
it was well known
• The Last Supper (Italian: Il
Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a
15th century Mural painting in
Milan created by Leonardo da
Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico
Sfroza and his duchess Beatrice
d'Este. It represents the scene of
The Last Supper from the final
days of Jesus as narrated in the
Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus
announces that one of his Twelve
Apostles would betray him.
• What was the purpose/reason for
creating this piece
• Leonardo worked for Ludovico
Sforza, Duke of Milan, for nearly
eighteen years (1482-99). The
Duke decided he wanted this
particular religious scene painted
and Leonardo, who was not

2. stupid, decided painting it made
perfect financial sense.
• Who was the fresco painted
for/who was the audience
Leonardo worked for Ludovico
Sforza, Duke of Milan and his
audience is Catholics and Christians.
• What was the process of creating
the fresco
He began working on it in 1495, and
finished Last Supper in 1498. This is
worth noting, as Leonardo was a
known procrastinator with a marked
tendency to leave projects unfinished.
The painting was made using
experimental pigments directly on
the dry plaster wall and unlike
frescos, where the pigments are
mixed with the wet plaster.

3. • What changes in
technology/society changed their
technique