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Religious Art and Artifacts

 

Give out the brief introduction of the context of religious art for example Architecture, Wall art and Artefacts

 

  • Explain that students are to research different religious art pieces from different religious traditions, by:

 

  • Collecting examples of religious art from as many religious traditions as they can

 

  • Naming the techniques used in examples

 

  • Explaining what the pictures depict

 

  • Explaining what they say about the religious tradition they come from

 

  • Explaining the symbols

 

  • Begin an “Art Gallery”: choose and discuss pieces to start the gallery, explaining why they chose this selection (theme, type of production, symbolism...)

 

  • Display the gallery in an attractive way.

 

Credit: Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures (2008) How to cope with Diversity at School Teaching and learning about religious http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/rd_en.pdf

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