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Religion, Art and the Media. Introduction Lesson Objectives: To know the outline of the course To understand a way of defining religious art To reflect on questions about the course and scholars views. Intro to course. Expectations Course outline Assessment Criteria Assessments
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Religion, Art and the Media Introduction Lesson Objectives: To know the outline of the course To understand a way of defining religious art To reflect on questions about the course and scholars views.
Intro to course • Expectations • Course outline • Assessment Criteria • Assessments • Research • First two topic focus • Films • Books
What do we mean by religious art? • Today: are there different types of religious art? • Next time: what makes something religious art? • TASK: In pairs come up with as many suggestions as you can for how you would categorise the images you are going to see. • The images will go on a loop so you will see them several times! • This will also see your general knowledge of art and religious art – so don’t worry if you draw a blank!
How can we categorise the images? Possible suggestions: • Period • Style • Medium • Region • Purpose • Intended Audience
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Very Easily With Difficulty To what extent can we easily define religious art? “’Christian art’ is unusual in that it does not describe art of a particular style, period, or region, but art for a particular range of purposes, which encompasses a wide range of forms and styles” Beth Williamson (Christian Art: A V.S. Intro)