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    An important artist, best known by a name drived from his birthplace, produced a spectacular and exuberantly-colorful work purporting to represent a solemn religious subject often commissioned for precisely the sort of room that was the painting's intended destination. When certain authorities expressed their outrage, the artist didn't alter the painting, he simply changed the title. Who was this painter, what is the painting, and what was it originally called?

    Question #72123. Asked by lanfranco. (Nov 08 06 5:20 PM)


    TabbyTom

    		The painter was Paolo Caliari, generally known as Veronese because he came from Verona.

    The painting is “The Feast in the House of Levi,” which was originally intended to represent the “Last Supper” and to hang in the refectory of a monastery.

    http://www.calvin.edu/scs/2001/conferences/125conf/papers/carosel.htm


    Nov 08 06, 6:27 PM
    TabbyTom

    		This page shows the painting. The authorities apparently thought it looked too jolly and festive (and had rather too many guests and entertainers) for a Last Supper.

    http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/ALA2003/13.jpg


    Nov 08 06, 6:32 PM
    lanfranco

    		Splendid, TT! It is one of my favorites, and I've always admired Veronese's insouciance in this situation.

    Then again, the Italian Inquisition was always sort of lax, as these things go.

    The Silver Mace is yours, but I'm going to add this site, for a little extra information and a useful image:


    http://keptar.demasz.hu/arthp/html/v/veronese/religion/f_levi.htm

    Nov 08 06, 6:41 PM
    peasypod

    		And even though TT beat me to it, and the mace has been distributed, I'm still going to off my tidbit, the bit that amuses me about this one.

    The dog sitting in the reserved spot for Mary Magdalene.

    http://www.artbible.info/art/large/51.html

    Nov 08 06, 6:45 PM
    lanfranco

    		Then again, unless you're Dan Brown or the author of some obscure Gnostic gospel, MM isn't supposed to appear in the Last Supper anyway.

    Nov 08 06, 6:58 PM
    peasypod

    		Ahh, you spotted my tongue in cheek...

    Nov 08 06, 7:01 PM

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