Project 7: Classic Art Recreation

Classic Art Recreation with Photography

For this project, you will be recreating famous classic pieces of art through photography.  Obviously, it will not be an exact replica of the paintings, but try your best to pose your model, arrange a still life, and/or recreate as many elements from the painting as possible.  You will then edit the photograph in Photoshop (by using adjustment layers, filters, and more) to make it look as similar to the original as possible.  

Pick one artist or art movement, and recreate a minimum of three of their paintings utilizing photographs and Photoshop

Here are some art movements to begin your search:

• Expressionism
• Impressionism
• Post-Impressionism
• Cubism (you could do a cubist photomontage to recreate the paintings)
• Pointalism
• Surrealism
• Art Nouveau
• Roccoco
• Baroque

You can also search by artist, here’s a list of a few artists:

• Van Gogh
• Monet
• Manet
• Renoir
• Degas
• Picasso
• Dali
• Rubens
• Seraut
• Boucher
• Vermeer
• DaVinci

Of course, these are very small lists, feel free to search for “art movements,” “styles of art,” “painters” or “artists” to find more ideas.

Be creative and have fun with this project!  It is a challenging project that requires lots of trial and error with editing.  

This project is due: Wednesday, 5/1

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