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I dressed my little brother in a large hat, similar to the one that David wears in Donatello’s sculpture. I had him wear boots and hold a lightsaber “sword” in order to mimic David’s appearance in Donatello’s David. I had him stand on the head of a teddy bear, which represents the severed head of the giant Goliath that David has slain.

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At first, I thought that it was interesting how CollegeBoard chose to include Donatello’s David as opposed to Michaelangelo’s David, as Michaelangelo’s iteration is arguably far more famous. However, in the course, I realized the large impact that Donatello’s David has had on not only Michaelangelo’s work, but art for centuries to come. I particularly enjoy how Donatello choses to depict David as a very clearly young boy, as opposed to the strong, older David that Michelangelo depicts. I thought this was a very interesting choice, and it would allow me to force my brother to work with me!

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I dressed up in a black jacket, a collared shirt, and a hat to mimic Rembrandt van Rijn’s outfit in his self portrait. I then had my sister put on a dress and hat in order to recreate Saskia’s attire. I posed as if I were drawing, as Rembrandt van Rijn is doing. I took a picture, and edited it in black-and-white, to resemble the ink that Rembrandt van Rijn works in.

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I really like Rembrandt van Rijn’s use of lines in his work to create different shades and textures. I find this especially interesting, as the work is an etching. I also liked to learn about his love for dressing up eccentrically for his many self portraits. Because of this, I thought that I should dress up to mimic one of his portraits, in the same spirit that he did.

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To recreate Vigée Le Brun's self portrait, I dressed up in a black jacket and a hat, and I tied a red scarf around my waist in order to mimic the sash that Vigée Le Brun wears in the portrait. I posed in front of a portrait painting with a paintbrush, in order to seem like I was painting, as Vigée Le Brun is doing in the portrait.

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I chose to recreate Vigée Le Brun's self portrait because I greatly enjoyed the Rococo period in Module 4. I particularly liked how extravagant and frivolous all the art was, while communicating deeper messages about society. I also was especially interested in Vigée Le Brun's journey as a female artist in the 1700s, as most artists during the time were men. Despite the obstacles that she encountered, Vigée Le Brun was able to become extremely successful as a court painter. Finally, Vigée Le Brun's self portrait was on my mind, since I wrote about her on my AP Exam Free Response Section.

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I recreated Kusama’s Narcissus Garden on a small scale. I used marbles to mimic the sea of mirror balls. I wrote “NARCISSUS GARDEN KUSAMA” on a small piece of paper in order to represent the sign that Kusama put up in front of her exhibition. Finally, I put together a small lego figure in red in order to represent Kusama in her exhibition.

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I found Kusama’s story and journey in the art world to be fascinating. I liked how Kusama incorporated her ideas about identity into her exhibition, and how she put on a performance during the exhibition by attempting to sell the mirror balls to the audience, in order to communicate ideas about the consumerism of the art world. Yayoi Kusama was one of my favorite artists from this year, as I loved her willingness to push the boundaries of the art world and to incorporate her strong personality into her works. As she was one of my favorite artists, I wanted to recreate one of her works in my project!

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Although I could not acquire a wolf for this recreation, I used my cat as a replacement (while he lacks the size, he is just as mean as a wolf is). I held him as my mom took the picture.

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I really enjoyed how Kiki Smith drew from fairy tales as inspiration for her art. I also enjoyed how she incorporated nature and animals into her works. I share a similar love for nature that Smith does. I was happy to get a chance to work with animals for this project!