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    The Painting Shows The Village of Middelharnis in South Holland

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    The document provides analysis of two paintings: Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" and Meindert Hobbema's "The Avenue, Middleharnis". Both paintings make excellent use of linear perspective and geometry. "The Last Supper" depicts Jesus and his apostles, with their expressions conveying shock or confusion, while Christ remains calm. "The Avenue, Middleharnis" depicts a tranquil rural landscape and conveys a sense of freedom. Despite different subjects and intended emotions, both paintings are highly structural and skillfully render perspective and light.

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    The Painting Shows The Village of Middelharnis in South Holland

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    The document provides analysis of two paintings: Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" and Meindert Hobbema's "The Avenue, Middleharnis". Both paintings make excellent use of linear perspective and geometry. "The Last Supper" depicts Jesus and his apostles, with their expressions conveying shock or confusion, while Christ remains calm. "The Avenue, Middleharnis" depicts a tranquil rural landscape and conveys a sense of freedom. Despite different subjects and intended emotions, both paintings are highly structural and skillfully render perspective and light.

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    The document provides analysis of two paintings: Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" and Meindert Hobbema's "The Avenue, Middleharnis". Both paintings make excellent use of linear perspective and geometry. "The Last Supper" depicts Jesus and his apostles, with their expressions conveying shock or confusion, while Christ remains calm. "The Avenue, Middleharnis" depicts a tranquil rural landscape and conveys a sense of freedom. Despite different subjects and intended emotions, both paintings are highly structural and skillfully render perspective and light.

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    The Painting Shows The Village of Middelharnis in South Holland

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    The document provides analysis of two paintings: Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" and Meindert Hobbema's "The Avenue, Middleharnis". Both paintings make excellent use of linear perspective and geometry. "The Last Supper" depicts Jesus and his apostles, with their expressions conveying shock or confusion, while Christ remains calm. "The Avenue, Middleharnis" depicts a tranquil rural landscape and conveys a sense of freedom. Despite different subjects and intended emotions, both paintings are highly structural and skillfully render perspective and light.

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    Subjective Frame-

    The Last Supper- This painting I have seen it even when I was a very small child. My first
    impression was probably something like “It’s Jesus and his twelve apostles!” not thinking much
    of the beauty and colours. When I take a look at the disciples’ facial expressions, I see
    astonishment or somewhat confusion, however the Christ is remaining calm.

    The Avenue, Middleharnis- As soon as i view this work, I think of freedom. The landscape is
    broad and the vast sky is open in the horizon. It is also very realistic that I could almost smell
    the nature. The trees are very upright and still, which suggests that there is little or no wind in
    the situation. There seems to be not much going on- shows tranquilness. Through the painting,
    I could experience the beauty of old age/rural areas.

    Structural Frame- The compositions of both artworks are highly structural.


    The Last Supper-
    Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper is a highly realistic oil on plaster piece. In this painting, Christ is
    in the center of perspective and the apostles are surrounding him in groups of three. Jesus’
    body forms a triangular shape- geometric shapes were an important part of Leonardo’s
    artworks. This painting also displays a good example of one point linear perspective, in which
    the vanishing point is Jesus’ head. This artwork also uses aerial perspective, which dull colours
    are used in horizons to create the illusion effect. Leonardo had to finish his painting in a short
    period of time, therefore didn’t use the method that required constant work. However this was
    not Leonardo’s way of working, for he wanted to work on it without haste. Instead he
    developed his own technique. The faulty techniques were criticized for centuries- the artwork
    had already started to fall apart at the artist’s time. Despite the troubles it is a great piece that
    has been studied for years till now.

    The Avenue, Middleharnis- The Avenue, Middleharnis is an oil on canvas painting. ​The painting
    shows the village of Middelharnis in South Holland. ​The artist, Hobbema, was a pupil of the
    famous landscape painter- Jacob Van Ruisdael. The precise perspective painting is probably an
    impact of Ruisdael. This highly accurate painting uses many somber colours. The use of soft yet
    not so bright colours really attracted me. It is also exceptionally realistic with the use of one
    point linear perspective. The line of trees are fading near the centre of the work. The use of line
    is also very important in this artwork. The tall trees, small saplings and the lady on the right are
    all very upright. This forms a perpendicular angle from the horizon. This artwork is a great
    example of perspective drawing.
    Summary & Comparison-
    Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ and Meindert Hobbema’s ‘The Avenue, Middleharnis’ both
    display great examples of one point linear perspective. They are very structural and accurate in
    terms of perspective and lines. They are both also very explicit without abstract techniques.
    They both use soft, not so bright colours for different messages to deliver. Da Vinci is trying to
    convey the feelings of surprise and shock, whilst Hobbema’s artwork I believe shows the
    serenity of a certain town. What they focus on is also different. ‘The Avenue, Middleharnis’ is a
    painting with the focus on the nature- tall, straight trees. ‘The Last Supper’ has its focus on
    Jesus Christ with his apostles surrounding him. With different emotions and feelings to convey,
    I think both artworks are great and deserve appreciation for its significance.

    http://www.davincilife.com/lastsupper.html
    www.italianrenaissance.org/a-closer-look-​leonardo​-​da​-​vincis​-​last​-​supper​/
    http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/meindert-hobbema-the-avenue-at-middelharnis
    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/artfinder/artwork-of-the-week-the-a_b_1842743.html

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