Disability in Art History FIRST THINGS FIRST… This class will look at examples of the disabled human body as it has been represented in art history. What does it mean to be human? How is the body used and represented…
Bodily Perfection Polykleitos, Doryphoros, marble copy of bronze original, c. 450–440 BCE
National Disability Arts Collection and Archive
The UK Disability Arts Movement is a unique movement which began in Britain in the 1970s. It was made up of a group of angry disabled people and their allies who broke barriers, helped change the law, and made great…
Dwarfs in the Arts: Diego Velázquez
Dwarfs in the Arts: Diego Velázquez http://www.pbs.org/pov/nobiggerthanaminute/diego-velazquez/ Long before any writing appeared about dwarfs, they could be found in artwork created in every culture and in every time period. Images of dwarfs were plentiful in the ancient world, in the…
Disabled artists life and works for KS2 and KS 3 students
Art KS2/KS3 2 sessions examining different disabled artists life and works. download
Richard III Distortion for propaganda, 1452 – 1485
Richard III, portrait with overpaint, c. 1504–20 View ‘Richard III, portrait with overpaint, c. 1504–20’ on the British Library website http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/richard-iii-portrait-with-overpaint-c-1504-20 This painting in the Royal Collection was first recorded in an inventory of Henry VIII’s collection and would have…