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[โ€“] Mogofwin@lemm.ee 42 points 3 months ago (3 children)

For accuracy sake, yes the depiction in the Olympics was meant to be Feast of the Gods, but that painting came after The Last Supper and is thought to be directly inspired by da Vinci. Last Supper - 1495 Feast of the Gods - 1635-1640

Linking Wikipedia. The primaries appear to be in French ๐Ÿ˜… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Festin_des_Dieux

[โ€“] Camus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago

People are talking about two different moments, 40 minutes from each other: https://jlai.lu/post/9004279

Sorry for the French, but the screens and minutes are there.

[โ€“] illi@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This makes much more sene than Last Supper. Got a source on it actually suppised to be reannacment of this painting?

Not doubting you because I have eyes but some people migh be blinded by their christian goggles.

[โ€“] Camus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Got a source on it actually suppised to be reannacment of this painting?

The DJ in the center posted about it: https://jlai.lu/post/9004279

Also the post has screenshots about the two different moments, 40 minutes from each other.

[โ€“] illi@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ok, I don't speak French, but tried to translate using the new translator beta in Firefox. From what I understoon from the OP, they say it was in fact Last Supper and is making comparisons to it. This is somehow confirmed by DJ from all people?

In the comments of the linked post, there is a link to an article where the artistic director directly reacts and says it is not. That it was supposed to be an image of a pagan festival. He doesn't cite inspirations, but it being the Feast of the Gods mentioned in the comment here is not too far fetched.

From the article, as translated by Firefox:

Was it the Last Supper? It was "not my inspiration," replied Thomas Jolly. "I think it was quite clear, there's Dionysus coming to this table. He's here why? Because he is god of the feast..., of wine, and father of Sequana, goddess connected to the river." "The idea was rather to make a great pagan festival connected to the gods of Olympus... Olympus... Olympism," he continued.

Don't forget the people that are mad at this also get mad then they hear Beethoven's Ode to Joy performed or translated because the lyrics aren't the same as the Christian hymn that plagiarized his melody. They also get mad when they hear Greensleeves performed because those lyrics don't line up with the Christian hymn that uses the same melody either.