The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) contributed to its refusal by the Vatican who called it "blasphemous." In Norman Jewison's 1973 film version of "Jesus Christ Superstar", in the Last Supper sequence, Jesus and the 12 apostles briefly mimic the posture of each character in Da Vinci's painting The painting is parodied in Mel Brooks's movie "History of the World, Part I", making Leonardo a contemporary of Jesus. It is also parodied in the original movie "MASH", in the scene where Hawkeye Pierce stages a "last supper" for Walt (Painless) Waldowski before his planned suicide. The various doctors, all in surgical scrubs, pose in imitation of
Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book) virtuosic work." Common Sense Media wrote "Diane Stanley's "Leonardo Da Vinci" is every parent's answer to the problem of dry, boring biographies." Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book) Leonardo da Vinci is a 1996 children's biography by Diane Stanley. The book looks at da Vinci's life and accomplishments. A "BookList" review of "Leonardo Da Vinci" wrote "An impressive tribute to a man whose curiosity and artistic imagination amazed the world, then and now." and the "School Library Journal" called it "A gorgeous biography ..", "The Horn Book Magazine" wrote "the real emphasis is on his (da Vinci's) work .. making this