Summarize the situation that resulted in the Roman Inquisition into Paolo Veronese's Last Supper.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- The Last Supper was painted with life-size figures for a Dominican monastery in Venice by the Venetian artist Paolo Veronese.
- Veronese was called before the Inquisition because the painting was charged to be heretical because of the inappropriate treatment of the subject matter.
- The inquisition did not think it was appropriate to have buffoons, drunkards, Germans, and so on included in the work.
- The tribunal concluded that Veronese should "improve and correct" the painting in three months' time or face penalties.
- Veronese chose to change the name of the painting, thus preserving his creation.
- The name change, which made reference to a biblical scene of Levi's banquet for Jesus that was attended by tax collectors and others, was more appropriate by Inquisition standards.
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