The Fetus in Black and White Art, Abortion, and the Fetus

Lina Maslo

Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Freedland, Barry

Keywords

Art, Sculpture, Drawing, Fetus, Abortion, Life, Human, Kollwitz, Kathe, Kruger, Barbara, Kahlo, Frida, Embryo, Propaganda

Area of Concentration

Art

Abstract

The Human Being series is a response to the issue of abortion, a source of major conflict between people. The goal of this artwork is to explore the question, "when does a human being begin?", comment on it, and present my own views. My intent is that the viewer may gain a new perspective on the issue from my work. In this paper, I explore political art and several political artists that inspired this series. I also go over several ways the fetus has been portrayed in art throughout history, and is being portrayed now in propaganda. The Human Being series combines drawing and sculpture to explore the status of the embryo or fetus as a human being or individual. Biologically, the question "when does human life begin?" can be answered. However, it is the interpretations of this answer by philosophers, religious figures, bioethicists, and other individuals that is the cause of disagreement. Eight major theories were chosen to be focused on.

Rights

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