Do not miss the opportunity to see the Last Supper fresco, which illustrates one of the most intense moments narrated on the New Testament. The peculiarity of Leonardo's artwork is to capture the moment immediately after Christ's announcement that one of his apostles would betray him, in contrast to the conventional iconography usually reserved for this subject.
In terms of the technique used, Leonardo chose to paint on the wall as like as he usually painted on wood. Indeed recent renovations determined that the artist, after applying a plaster pretty rough, especially in the central part, and laid the main lines of the composition with a kind of preliminary sketch, worked on the painting using a technique typical of panel painting.
This assured a particular richness of the painting and a better color units, a yield of transparencies and lighting effects, and an extreme attention to details, only visible from close range; but the technique was also the origin of serious conservation problems, especially due to the humidity of the environment.
During the years, extensive measures have been actioned to protect Leonardo da Vinci's artwork from further damage. Since 1999, to ensure that the fresco is kept at room temperature, admission has been restricted to a maximum of 25 visitors at a time.
Explore the universal exposition Milan Expo 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. 20 million visitors from around the world are expected to visit the global event due to its extraordinary importance.
Your admission ticket gives you access to the exhibition site without having to stand in line at the ticket office. This is an open ticket, once you have determined the date of your Expo visit, you will be able to convert your ticket by confirming the date of travel accessing the MyExpo section of the official website. Once the date is confirmed, the ticket cannot be changed nor cancelled. Open-dated tickets that are not converted to a fixed date will allow entry only if spaces are still open for access.
