The Last Supper | Chen Yuandu | 1938 Edgar Bundy "The Eclipse of the Sun

"The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice" by Ippolito Caffi

In Rubens’ hands

blending academic painting technique with occult and erotic themes

and the inescapability of one's inner demons

seem to dance with life and movement on the canvas

The Last Supper | Chen Yuandu | 1938 Edgar Bundy "The Eclipse of the SunAbout the artwork: Painted in 1938 by Chen Yuandu, The Last Supper reinterprets the iconic Christian scene through a distinctly Chinese lens. Christ and his disciples, portrayed with Asian features and Ming style clothing, sit around a square table in a traditional Chinese interior, with only two loaves and a cup before them. Created within the context of Fu Jen Catholic Universitys mission to sinicize Christian art, the painting blends theological