(SOLUTION) HUMN303N Week 3 Assignment: Art Creation & Reflection – Sculpture, Painting, or Drawing

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Lessons: Week 1, 2, 3
  • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Instructions
This week you will use your readings from the past two weeks as a point of departure to create your own artistic production and a reflection paper.

Part 1: Art Creation
Select one of the visual art pieces from Chapters 1-6 or the lessons from Weeks 1-3 to use as a point of inspiration. Create a painting, sculpture, drawing, or work of architecture inspired by your selected art piece.

Part 2: Reflection
Write a reflection about the relationship between your art production and the inspiration piece. Include the following in the reflection paper:

  • Introduction
  • Inspiration Piece
    • Include image.
    • Record the title, artist, year, and place of origin.
    • Briefly explain the background of the inspiration piece.
  • Your Art Piece
    • Include image.
    • Provide a title.
    • Explain the background of your piece.
  • Connection
    • Explain the thematic connection between the two pieces.
    • How are they similar and different?
    • Are they the same medium? How does the medium impact what the viewer experiences?
    • How do the formal elements of design compare to one another?

Original Artwork Requirements

  • Methods: paint, watercolor, pencil, crayon, marker, collage, clay, metal, or wood (Check with your instructor about other methods you have in mind.)
  • No computer-generated pieces

Writing Requirements (APA format)

  • Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page, references page, or image of artwork)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)

Grading
This activity will be graded based on the W3 Art Creation & Reflection Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

SOLUTION

Title: Study for Great American Nude

Artist: Tom Wesselmann

Date: 1975

This week, I found myself particularly drawn to works created in Renaissance era. During this period, there was a lot of focus on male nudity. Way before then, artists had been capturing the female body in their art. I happen to follow one of the modern artists who is a master of painting the female body. As such, I could not help but be drawn to how the female body has been depicted in art throughout various periods. In this case, I was especially drawn to the painting above, which was done by Tom Wesselmann in 1975.

Originally, Tom Wesselmann was a cartoonist working with men’s magazines (Zaidan, 2019). He then became a full time artist, featuring figurative and abstract art. He made an entire series of female nudity, which he called the Study for Great American Nude. Please click the purchase button to access the entire copy at $5 only