Leonardo da Vinci's Last supper
By: Pietro C. Marani
Edition: First edition.
Series: Skira guides; Guide Skira
Publisher: Skira
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9788857204475
Subjects: Renaissance Mural painting and decoration; Italian Mural painting and decoration; Last Supper in art; Santa Maria delle Grazie (Church : Milan, Italy); Last Supper (Leonardo, da Vinci)
Work titles: Cenacolo di Leonardo
Description: Filled with color photographs of details of the masterpiece on the north wall of the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, a visitor's guide to Leonardo da Vinci's Last supper, or Cenacolo. The volume's first part reconstructs the painting's history and significance, while the last discusses the results of the restorations that have taken place from the eighteenth century to the completion of the most recent in 1999.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-62).

Translated from the Italian.
Table of contents: title: Map of the monumental complex of Santa Maria delle Grazie; title: Preface to the new edition; title: Leonardo da Vinci's Last supper; title: Bibliographical note; title: The south wall of the refectory.