In the history of Western oil painting art, there are countless classic famous paintings, but perhaps the most widely known of them is Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper", and this painting has also been imitated by many painters around the world, such as Marcos Zapata's "The Last Supper" is one of the most classic. In addition, Zapata's version of The Last Supper has a mouth-watering delicacy that has become a must-see painting. What kind of food is it? After reading the following reveal, you will understand.
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As we all know, "The Last Supper" is an insurmountable classic, written by the famous Italian artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. Experts have shown that the painting was created in 1495 AD and depicts scenes of the protagonist and the twelve apostles of the Western world having dinner. In the Western scriptures, it is recorded that one of the twelve disciples named Judas was a traitor, but the protagonist did not know it at first, so he gathered the disciples for dinner and announced on the spot that someone among those present had betrayed him. At this time, if you look at "The Last Supper", you can find that these twelve people have shown different expressions and movements, some people are frightened, some people are angry, some people are nervous, and some people are overwhelmed, and the person who is full of anxiety and panic, and who accidentally knocked over the salt jar, is Judas, so this shows Leonardo da Vinci's superb painting skills.
In the more than 300 years since the advent of The Last Supper, many Western painters have studied it in depth and have also created a variety of different styles of The Last Supper as inspiration. In the Eighteenth Century, in the Peruvian country of South America, there was a prominent oil painter Marcos Zapata, who was known for his Baroque paintings, although not as great as Vinci, but also left many paintings, such as "Pain", "Santa Teresa" and "The Worship of the Idler".
It is worth mentioning that Marcos Zapata also has a "Last Supper", but it is not what we now call a "fake", but a genuine treasure, and it is also in the collection of the largest church in Peru, cusco Cathedral. The Zapata version of The Last Supper is very large, about 4.8 meters high and about 3.9 meters wide, hanging at the entrance of cusco Cathedral, and people can feel the visual impact of this painting as soon as they enter the church, which shows that this painting has a very high status and value in this church, and even in the whole country. After studying and comparing the two Paintings of the Last Supper together, experts also found many differences.
First of all, the biggest difference is the different seats, in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, the protagonist and the disciples are lined up, the protagonist sits in the middle, and the twelve disciples are arranged on the left and right sides, each side is six people. In Zapata's version of The Last Supper, the protagonist and his disciples sit around an oval table, giving people a visual feeling that is very crowded, without leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" The picture composition is orderly, but Zapata's version of "The Last Supper" can give people a warm feeling like a family dinner. All in all, the two Paintings of the Last Supper have their own strengths and show different characteristics of painting.
In Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper", it can be seen that they eat potatoes and lamb, this is because the Western traditional Passover has the custom of eating lamb, so sheep are their sacrificial animals, and eating lamb is also an important ritual; look at Zapata's version of the Last Supper, it is obvious that the food is much richer, and there are various fruits, vegetables and drinks, reflecting the eating habits of peru at that time. However, the most incredible thing is that there is also a special roasted guinea pig.
Guinea pigs are a tailless rodent that has been widely distributed in countries around the world, but with the deterioration of the environment and the killing of humans, the number of guinea pigs has also decreased year by year, and now it is a national endangered species protected animal. In South America, guinea pigs have been eaten by locals for more than 5,000 years, and grilled guinea pigs in particular have become representative of Peruvian cuisine, just as Europeans love grilled steaks. In addition to eating, Peruvians also use guinea pigs to sacrifice, and they can't do without guinea pigs in religious activities, so this also explains why There is a roasted guinea pig in Zapata's version of The Last Supper. However, the average person has a hard time accepting the roasted guinea pig, but people in South America covet it. Some people even said that as soon as they saw the roasted guinea pigs in Zapata's version of The Last Supper, they couldn't help but drool.
There is a famous saying, "the local is the world", the Peruvian painter Zapata through a painting "The Last Supper", but also their country's special cuisine roasted guinea pig spread around the world, but the editor finally needs to emphasize that guinea pigs are wild animals protected by the state, must not be hunted, otherwise they will face legal sanctions, so we only appreciate the great oil painting art, not imitate the food in it.
Resources:
"Six Hundred Years of Western Oil Painting" by Gan Suqing, Publisher: Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's