Project 2: Picturing Religious Art
A recreation of symbolic art
Discussion Questions: What artists were the most successful in creating religious art? What artworks reflect the most meaningful religious content? Discuss religions by region. Discuss the affect of religion on artwork over a period of time. Building on previous knowledge, discuss artworks from the timeline project that were most successful in religious and significant content. Discuss works that were meaningful to them personally and are pivotal artworks.
Activity: Review photographic artwork by Peter Lindbergh. Discuss with the students how his work is a recreation of previous creations. Talk about their artist of choice and how they could recreate an artwork. Another possible photographer that uses recreations of images is Annie Leibovitz. She completed a series of works recreating fairytales in a variety of styles. Discuss her (Jewish) religion and culture relating it to her photography as well as her overall work.
Alternative Religions worth discussing:
Give the students time to review artwork and research individually. Allow the students to choose an image to recreate from the religious artwork studied. Remind the groups to choose images that best reflect religion, strong composition and aesthetics, as well as from a significant time period. Do not forget to select a variety of artist types to represent topics such as female artists, multicultural artworks, and contemporary artwork. The class will create a body of work.
The students will recreate this significant artwork using themselves as models as well as other found objects. Other objects include, but are not limited to fabrics, painted shapes or colors, greenery, sets and lighting. A photograph of the recreated artwork will be taken to reflect on the work created. This artwork is meant for exhibition accompanied by a statement written by the students. The students will summarize the significance of the artwork as well as its religious affiliation and cultural relevance. The students will also define the significant elements that make this work religious in meaning and visual perception.
Materials: fabric, canvas, paint, still life objects, people, camera, printer
Assessment: Written Evaluation, How well were the students able to represent religious art by recreation? What significant factors or elements are represented in religious art?
Using the four step process of the Feldman critique, create a environment that allows for a verbal discussion of the work created. Once the students have reviewed the work and discussed their thoughts about each photo, have them write an evaluation of a single artwork. Ask them to follow the critique process and evaluate its success or failure. Have the students discuss other ways this work could have been more successful as well as ways it could have been different. Ask them to discuss how well the work represents religious art and what significant factors or elements are represented in this religious art?
Research Document: PROJECT 2.doc
Reference:
http://www.googleartproject.com/
http://www.metmuseum.org/
http://www.artnet.com/
http://www.trendhunter.com/photos/32628 (warning: this site contains graphic images not suitable for all classrooms)
http://fotografiedemoda.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/186327.jpg
http://www.buddhanet.net/bhutan-gallery/pages/show12.html
Activity: Review photographic artwork by Peter Lindbergh. Discuss with the students how his work is a recreation of previous creations. Talk about their artist of choice and how they could recreate an artwork. Another possible photographer that uses recreations of images is Annie Leibovitz. She completed a series of works recreating fairytales in a variety of styles. Discuss her (Jewish) religion and culture relating it to her photography as well as her overall work.
Alternative Religions worth discussing:
- http://www.buddhanet.net/bhutan-gallery/pages/show12.html (Buddist Monks by Ven S Dhammika)
- http://www.adolphusopara.com/?page_id=548 (African Religions such as Yoruba by Adolphus Opara)
- http://www.somalipress.com/static/imagecache/main/images/culture/mohamed-nagy-museum.jpg (Egyptian Art by Mohammed Nagy)
Give the students time to review artwork and research individually. Allow the students to choose an image to recreate from the religious artwork studied. Remind the groups to choose images that best reflect religion, strong composition and aesthetics, as well as from a significant time period. Do not forget to select a variety of artist types to represent topics such as female artists, multicultural artworks, and contemporary artwork. The class will create a body of work.
The students will recreate this significant artwork using themselves as models as well as other found objects. Other objects include, but are not limited to fabrics, painted shapes or colors, greenery, sets and lighting. A photograph of the recreated artwork will be taken to reflect on the work created. This artwork is meant for exhibition accompanied by a statement written by the students. The students will summarize the significance of the artwork as well as its religious affiliation and cultural relevance. The students will also define the significant elements that make this work religious in meaning and visual perception.
Materials: fabric, canvas, paint, still life objects, people, camera, printer
Assessment: Written Evaluation, How well were the students able to represent religious art by recreation? What significant factors or elements are represented in religious art?
Using the four step process of the Feldman critique, create a environment that allows for a verbal discussion of the work created. Once the students have reviewed the work and discussed their thoughts about each photo, have them write an evaluation of a single artwork. Ask them to follow the critique process and evaluate its success or failure. Have the students discuss other ways this work could have been more successful as well as ways it could have been different. Ask them to discuss how well the work represents religious art and what significant factors or elements are represented in this religious art?
Research Document: PROJECT 2.doc
Reference:
http://www.googleartproject.com/
http://www.metmuseum.org/
http://www.artnet.com/
http://www.trendhunter.com/photos/32628 (warning: this site contains graphic images not suitable for all classrooms)
http://fotografiedemoda.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/186327.jpg
http://www.buddhanet.net/bhutan-gallery/pages/show12.html
