Histo-Art Project Chapter 5 Tissues: Human Anatomy

Making connections When studying histology, it helps to compare what you see with common objects in order to retain the identification of the tissue. Your challenge is to create a piece of artwork inspired by your favorite tissue.

Impressionism The impressionist style of painting is characterized chiefly by: concentration on the general impression produced by a scene or object the use of unmixed primary colors small strokes to simulate actual reflected light These include the works of Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Paul Cézanne.

Claude Monet: Impression, Sunrise (1873)

Claude Monet, The Stroll, Camille Monet and Her Son Jean (Woman with a Parasol), (1875)

Edgar Degas, Ballet Rehearsal (1875)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, A Girl With a Watering Can (1876)

Paul Cézanne, The Blue Vase (1883-1887)

Histo-Art Project Guidelines To complete this project, you are to do the following: Select a favorite tissue from the slide list. Obtain a picture of this tissue image from the internet and print it out. Recommended size: 3” x 5” or 4” x 6” Create an art piece based on impressionism theory. (You can use any medium you would like- oil, watercolor, paper, canvas, poster board, etc.) Project due date: October 31st

Slide List: Stratified squamous epithelium Simple squamous epithelium Simple columnar epithelium Stratified columnar epithelium Transitional epithelium Elastic cartilage Hyaline cartilage Fibrocartilage Compact bone Developing bone Smooth muscle Skeletal muscle Cardiac muscle Adipose You also need to include a title for the art work and a brief statement explaining the kind of tissue depicted, characteristics of the tissue, location of the tissue, and how the tissue inspired the composition. Your final art work needs to be mounted to a piece of poster board. The final product should include your art work, title, written statement, and printed tissue picture. This project is equivalent to a assessment grade, worth a total of 75 points.

Compact Detonation, which shows the Haversian systems (Osteons) found in compact bone tissue as exploding fireworks.

In The Faces of Cardiac, a student depicts the profiles of two people within the walls of the heart (cardiac muscle).

In the pastel, Butterflies, another student shows the lacunae of elastic cartilage as the circles often found on the wings of butterflies.