Art Imitates Life: What are you eating for dinner?

Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper is one of the most identifyable paintings of all time and the topic of The Last Supper itself is frequently the subject of many artists.

In this morning's Globe I read an article offering an interesting new take on the famous paintings: the issue of portion size. It is commonly believed that art imitates life and it has been suggested that by chronicalling the growth in the size of the last supper itself one can see how our own eating habits have changed over time.

Check it out below for more info on the topic:



I think that while this is an interesting observation it is also interesting to note that while according to the art we are all eating more, the people themselves are not getting bigger. So while some aspects of art do imitate life body types and the ideal human form continue to be something idealised.