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Why Gaston La Touche painted the Last Supper Better than Leonardo Da Vinci
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Why Gaston La Touche painted the Last Supper Better than Leonardo Da Vinci

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There is a version of The Last Supper that is not well known, but is, arguably, a much better version than the famous painting by Renaissance Master, Leonardo Da Vinci.

But first we must discuss…what makes one work of art better than another? To answer this we must consider the purpose of a work of art. John Ruskin argues in his essay “On the Greatness i…

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