Leonardo and Andy Warhol: compare via pieces of their art

Andy Warhol, The Last Supper, 1986-87
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Created in the final year of the artist's life, says the Ayn Foundation, "The Last Supper" series (1986-87) is a reflection on one of the most revered paintings in the history of art: Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper (1495-97). As with much of Warhol's work, "The Last Supper" series is based more on reproductions of a famous image than on the image itself.

Working from photographs, outline drawings, and inexpensive plastic models, Warhol repeatedly worked variations on the scene depicting Jesus Christ surrounded by his disciples.

In so doing, Warhol returned to many of the issues that had informed his oeuvre since the early 1960s: notions of "high" and "low" art; the intersection of the worlds of art, commerce, and religion; the problem of creating an authentic contemporary version of reality; and the central role of the graphic image in the late twentieth century.


In a GoogleDoc, choose 3 pieces by each artist: Leonardo and Warhol.
Add bulleted info that will illuminate the similarities between the 2 artists as well as note differences.

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