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1.14: Can Art help Catholics to Understand creation?
1.14: Can Art help Catholics to Understand creation?
Art is often used in Christianity to communicate beliefs and teachings because it can be a helpful way of expressing complicated ideas. Colours, images and symbols can help people to explore and understand beleifs and teachings and feel closer to God.
l/o: Learn about Donald Jackson's Genesis Frontispiece
Key vocab: Frontispiece
Which of these paintings expresses creation most in your opinion? why? Give two reasons why you prefer one
GENESIS FRONTISPIECE: CREATION by DONALD JACKSON
GENESIS FRONTISPIECE: CREATION by DONALD JACKSON
Day 7: On this day God rested and so gold is used to show that God is resting and contemplating creation
Day 1: the fragments and shapes at hte beginning are chaotic. The Hebrew Words on the bottom left mean "chaos". to the right of teh first day there is a gold linewhich represents the moment God said "let there be light"
Day 2: The swirling blues and greys in this image show that on daytwo God separated the waters on the earth from the waters above
Day 3 :This shows satellite images from the nile Delta. In Genesis 1:9 God commands that the land be separated from the seas
Day 4: The solar system is shown: signs to the seasons and light to the earth
Day 5: The Bible says that God created the creatures in the sky and in the waters. This panel shows birds, fish and fossils in the aquamarine section
Day 6: Prehistoric rock paintings from Africa and Australia are used to show that on this day God created humans. At the bottom is a snake...
What are your feelings about this piece of Art? Explain your ideas in a paragraph or write a poem about creation that summarizes how you feel
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