The Last Supper is regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces in the whole field of pictorial art .It was said that Leonardo da Vinci worked for ten years on the painting ,and the monks in the church were angered at the delay it was said that Leonardo often painted continuously from dawn to night without eating his meals, But at other times be spen hours before the picture ,lost in contemplation, examining, comparing ,and measuring with his figures.
This inactivity aroused the anger of the fussy Prior, the head of the church, who belonged to the large group of those who believe that the busier a man seems ,the more he completes; and so he tried to find fault with the lazy painter. Leonardo was slightly unhappy and explained to somebody else that there was a great difference between the work of the creative artist and the stonemason(石匠). The creative artist needed time for contemplation; he might be busiest when his hands were idlest, He further explained that he needed two heads to complete the picture: that of Christ, for which no model on earth could be found, for it was also hard to find the man whose face could express the strength, and beauty, and tenderness, and deep sorrow of Christ; then he also needed a head for Judas, and it was hard to find a man whose face could express the meanness of that base traitor(卑鄙的叛徒)。But he would look no further; if none came his way, he would be satisfied to take the Prior as a model for Judas, This threat silence the angry Prior, who quite naturally had no desire to present himself to descendants(后代) in such a fashion.

The Last Supper is regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces in the whole field of pictorial art .It was said that Leonardo da Vinci worked for ten years on the painting ,and the monks in the church were angered at the delay it was said that Leonardo often painted continuously from dawn to night without eating his meals, But at other times be spen hours before the picture ,lost in contemplation, examining, comparing ,and measuring with his figures.
《最后的晚餐》被看作是整个绘画艺术界最伟大的杰作之一。据说莱昂纳多·达·芬奇为些画付出了十年的心血。可订购些画的修道院中的修道士们却因为该画的延期交货而恼怒。据说莱达·芬奇经常是连饭也不吃地从早到晚连续工作。但有些时候呢，却在画前花上几小时，沉浸在苦思冥想、检查及以自己的人体形象进行对比与衡量中。
This inactivity aroused the anger of the fussy Prior, the head of the church, who belonged to the large group of those who believe that the busier a man seems ,the more he completes; and so he tried to find fault with the lazy painter. Leonardo was slightly unhappy and explained to somebody else that there was a great difference between the work of the creative artist and the stonemason(石匠). The creative artist needed time for contemplation; he might be busiest when his hands were idlest, He further explained that he needed two heads to complete the picture: that of Christ, for which no model on earth could be found, for it was also hard to find the man whose face could express the strength, and beauty, and tenderness, and deep sorrow of Christ; then he also needed a head for Judas, and it was hard to find a man whose face could express the meanness of that base traitor(卑鄙的叛徒)。But he would look no further; if none came his way, he would be satisfied to take the Prior as a model for Judas, This threat silence the angry Prior, who quite naturally had no desire to present himself to descendants(后代) in such a fashion.
这一无所作为的行为激起了那个修道院院长，也就是那个修道院的头的恼怒。这个修道院的院长那么一种人，即认为人越忙就成就越大的那群人。于是，这个院长就试图找这个“懒”画家的岔子。达•芬奇只是稍稍有些不高兴，并向另一个人解释说一个搞创作的艺术家（亦可译成画家）的工作与石匠的工作区别是非常大的。搞创作的画家需要时间来构思。当他的手最闲的时候他可能是最忙的时候。他进一步解释说，他需要两个人头来完成这幅画：一个就是耶稣基督的，这个头在地球上是找不到原型（或模型）的，因为要找一个他的脸能表达耶稣基督的那种力量、美丽、温良及深沉的悲伤的男人是困难的；还有个头就是尤大的，要找到一个脸能表达那个卑鄙的叛徒的无耻的男人是困难的。但如果还是找不到的话，他不会再找了，他愿意把那个修道院长的脑袋当作尤大的头。这个威胁终于使那个恼怒的修道院长闭了口，因为他自然不希望以这种样子把自己展现在后人的面前。