... of Milan; these showed his capability in expressing his art (Holmes, 151). Da Vinci was not commissioned for very many projects so he worked on masterpieces such as the "Virgin of the Rocks, "Lady with an Ermine and "Last Supper" (Holmes, 150); here he finally fulfilled his true artistic talent. George Holmes calls Da Vinci "an autodidact who struggled through his like to absorb ... the scholarship of professional mathematics and philosophy and add to it" (151), using all the knowledge he could possibly acquire he wrote thousands of manuscripts consisting of his thoughts and reflections...

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... in a social context. An important thing to note is that both paintings are representative of the era that their respective artist lived in. In the case of Raphael, there was an ongoing debate in regards to the ceremony of the Eucharist, in which believers of Christ partake in the reenactment of the Last Supper by eating a piece of bread and taking a sip of wine. While some read it ... in Bible purely as a metaphor, there were practicing Catholics who believed that the ceremony consisted of the literal body and blood of Jesus Christ. In response ... , Raphael paints the Disputation of th...

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