In 1573 the painter Paolo Veronese (1528 – 1588) was called before the Roman Catholic Inquisition to answer some questions about his massive painting of the Last Supper. Measuring 18 x 42 feet, it was painted for the rear wall… Read More
In 1497, Leonardo finished his fresco of The Last Supper on a wall in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Around 1650, the monks decided they needed a new doorway into the refectory, so they carved one right into… Read More
Wealthy women in Ancient Rome were so obsessed with their hair that they had portrait busts carved of themselves with detachable stone hairdos that could be replaced as fashions changed.