Religious Art and Artifacts
Give out the brief introduction of the context of religious art for example Architecture, Wall art and Artefacts
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Explain that students are to research different religious art pieces from different religious traditions, by:
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Collecting examples of religious art from as many religious traditions as they can
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Naming the techniques used in examples
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Explaining what the pictures depict
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Explaining what they say about the religious tradition they come from
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Explaining the symbols
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Begin an “Art Gallery”: choose and discuss pieces to start the gallery, explaining why they chose this selection (theme, type of production, symbolism...)
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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