Student Work: Living Paintings

My Humanities final is hands-down without-a-doubt my favorite assignment ever.

Instead of formally assessing my students with a cumulative final,

I give them the opportunity to bring a masterpiece {that we have studied} to life.

In addition to recreating the masterpiece,

each group selects a narrator to provide an in-depth analysis of the piece.

Here are some of my favorites:

Michelangelo's Pieta

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Mantegna's Lamentations of Christ

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Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring

Student Work: Living Painting

And here is the Humanities Final Project...

Students were asked to recreate their favorite masterpiece we studied this year.

In groups, students designed the setting  & costumes

and prepared a 5 minute narration to accompany the performance.

I didn't do this project last year, 

so this was my first time.

I was really nervous about how it would turn out

but I am overjoyed with the results!

The Calling of St. Matthew
Caravaggio

The Scream
Edvard Munch

Las Meninas
Diego Velazquez

Creation of Man
Michelangelo

Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci

Venus of Willendorf

Judith Beheading Holofernes
Caravaggio

Gold Marilyn
Andy Warhol