Olympic Level Cropping

Katrina Borthwick - 5 August 2024

There was a bit of a fuss this week with a scene of Greek gods being said to be blasphemous, poking fun at Da Vinci’s last supper. The comparison has presumably been made because people were sitting at a table, in a row (although I note that it’s quite difficult to do it any other way!)

I also noticed that that one of the complainants posted this comparison:

Bishops accuse Olympics of anti-Catholicism | National Catholic Reporter (ncronline.org)

But the image above completely leaves out the not too inconspicuous blue guy lying in front of the table:

Additionally the creators of the scene say that it was based on the Feast of the Gods by Jan van Bijlert:

Olympic ‘Last Supper’ scene was in fact based on painting of Greek gods, say art experts | Paris Olympic Games 2024 | The Guardian

I’ll let you make up your own mind.