Saturday, May 4, 2013

Artistic Homework

Brian’s class has been studying Renaissance Art and each student had to pick one piece to do a project on. Brian picked “The Ambassadors” by Hans Holbein the Younger. It’s a fascinating piece, with a lot of great detail. Wiki has an interesting page about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein)
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Brian has had to study the painting and write up a paper on various aspects. This weekend, he had to re-create the painting itself.

I think his version turned out quite well. It was something of a scavenger hunt, trying to find objects to stand in for all the various bits and bobs in the original!
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Our first version… a little less accurate…
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What a fun way to study art! 

***UPDATE**
Brian photoshopped the elongated skull into his version:


2 comments:

Nomads By Nature said...

I just keep coming back to see the versions of this artwork! How totally fun! Is your school year done yet?

betty-NZ said...

Nice job, Brian. You picked the best model to help.