Art online by Claudia Sonea

Since the dawn of times, art was part of human life and it nourished spirits. It was and it still is considered as a gift from God. People love going to art expositions and especially to painting. That is why there has always been a high demand in paintings at the museums. It is the case of one of Leonardo's masterpieces, Last supper, that can be visited by only 320000 people every year. Through the Internet, you can now see for free, from the comfort of your home the Last Supper of Leonardo at 16 billion pixels, which means 1600 times stronger than a picture of a regular camera with 10 million pixels. It is necessary to go all the way to Milan, Italy, hoping to be one of the twenty-five visitors that are allowed to visit it at every 15 minutes. Due to the high resolution offers the possibility of studying the 15th century wall painting. According to curator, Albert Artioli, viewers will have the impression that they are only a few inches apart by comparison to the regular picture that becomes grainy once you zoomed in. Furthermore, experts and art-lovers are now able to study it and there is also a project describing the way it appears nowadays, its value for future generations. They have been very strict concerning the visitation of the drawing due to the fact that it went through a great deal of adventures. The masterpiece produced in Milan's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie suffered a process of restoration until 1999, because of its frailty- it was painted dry so it is easier exposed to dust and pollution. The restoration included to remove all the dirt collected along 500 years and previous masking of the work. The efforts of preserving the painting have collided with high demand of people wanting to see it, so they thought to open a site where you can watched almost like in real life Last Supper- which together with Mona Lisa has a unique position as the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time. Don't waste any more time…just check it out. Enjoy!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_on_hi_te/the_last_supper_online;_ylt=AtejTSYIUhWkJfSJYfy80rms0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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