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Initial Response/Ideas My initial response to the exam theme was hidden meanings. It led me to investigate the hidden biblical messages and teachings there are in western art. I have a strong appreciation for renaissance art and this theme allows me to investigate into the subject deeper. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci depicts the last meal Jesus shared with his apostles but there is a lot of speculation about hidden images in the painting. Last Judgement by Michelangelo has lots of symbolism in it. Figure identified as John is suspected to be a painting or n Peter‘s pointed om Christ, dowing his reaction He is also tipping over the salt shaker. This may be related to the near- Eastern

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Initial Response/Ideas

My initial response to the exam theme was hidden meanings. It led me to investigate the hidden biblical messages and teachings there are in western art. I have a strong appreciation for renaissance art and this theme allows me to investigate into the subject deeper.

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci depicts the last meal Jesus shared with his apostles but there is a lot of speculation about hidden images in the painting.

Last Judgement by Michelangelo has lots of symbolism in it.

In the painting, Michelangelo does a self-portrait depicting himself as St. Bartholomew after he had been skinned alive. This is reflective of the feelings of contempt Michelangelo had for being commissioned to paint

Michelangelo pants Jesus in the middle of the painting with light coming from behind him, everything else is circling around him which represents Jesus as being the center

Figure identified as John is suspected to be a painting or Mary Magdalene.

Peter‘s hand is pointed away from Christ, perhaps foreshadowing his violent reaction in Gethsemane during Jesus'

He is also tipping over the salt shaker. This may be related to the near-Eastern expression to "betray the salt" meaning to betray one's Master.