Oral Presentations
Dirge: An Artistic Expression of Death
Location
Room 232, Schewel Hall
Access Type
Open Access
Entry Number
71
Start Date
4-10-2019 10:00 AM
End Date
4-10-2019 10:15 AM
College
Lynchburg College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Art
Abstract
In the winter of 2019, I embarked on a collaborative adventure with the University of Lynchburg DPT program and my studio art practice. The focus of my thesis exhibition will explore the creation of artworks based on my experiences and study of human anatomy in our university's cadaver lab. This project reflects the timeless tradition of observational drawing and the creation of work from both living and inanimate. Post-mortem anatomy classes were once required at famous art schools such as the Florentine Academy of Art and the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts. Thanks to pioneers such as Leonardo di Vinci and Michelangelo, who demonstrated the value of the practice, both our understanding of the form and function of the body flourished. I hope to illustrate the impact this experience has had on both my artwork and my understanding of the human form.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Prof. Siobhan Byrns Prof. Price Blair Prof. Bev Rhoads Prof. Richard Pumphrey
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Dirge: An Artistic Expression of Death
Room 232, Schewel Hall
In the winter of 2019, I embarked on a collaborative adventure with the University of Lynchburg DPT program and my studio art practice. The focus of my thesis exhibition will explore the creation of artworks based on my experiences and study of human anatomy in our university's cadaver lab. This project reflects the timeless tradition of observational drawing and the creation of work from both living and inanimate. Post-mortem anatomy classes were once required at famous art schools such as the Florentine Academy of Art and the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts. Thanks to pioneers such as Leonardo di Vinci and Michelangelo, who demonstrated the value of the practice, both our understanding of the form and function of the body flourished. I hope to illustrate the impact this experience has had on both my artwork and my understanding of the human form.