High-Definition Image of Painting Put Online

Oct 28, 07:13 AM

Current Headlines: Can't get to Milan to see Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper?" As of Saturday, all you need is an Internet connection. Officials put online an image of "The Last Supper" at 16 billion pixels - 1,600 times stronger than the images taken with the typical 10 million-pixel digital camera.

The high resolution will allow experts to examine details of the 15th-century wall painting that they otherwise could not - including traces of drawings Da Vinci put down before painting.

"You can see how Leonardo made the cups transparent, something you can't ordinarily see," said curator Alberto Artioli. "You can also note the state of degradation the painting is in."

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