Depicting the Bread of the Last Supper: Religious Representation in Italian Renaissance Society

Title
Depicting the Bread of the Last Supper: Religious Representation in Italian Renaissance Society
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Albury, William R
Weisz, George M
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Creighton University
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:4562
Abstract
Prior to about 1500 most depictions of the Last Supper in Western art showed unleavened bread on the table, but since then leavened bread has usually been shown. This change involved the abandonment of what was understood at the time to be a historically-accurate representation of the Last Supper, in favor of a historically inaccurate one. The present article examines the combination of artistic, religious, and social factors that made this development uncontroversial when it occurred and that allowed it to persist during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation period when many aspects of religious art became subject to rigorous control.
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Citation
Journal of Religion and Society, v.11, p. 1-17
ISSN
1522-5658
Start page
1
End page
17

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