How Christians use art to show faith | Religious education

Starter quiz

In an Orthodox church you will often find art in the form of ...
- 'icons' ✓
Many Orthodox and Catholic Christians will __________ icons and statues.
- venerate ✓
- worship
- idolise
For many Muslims it is considered forbidden to produce __________ art.
- abstract
- figurative ✓
- any
What might you commonly see in many mosques?
- paintings
- landscapes
- calligraphy ✓
- sculptures
Which statement best fits how Christians view art?
- All Christians think art can help them express their beliefs.
- Some Christians use art such as icons or statues. Others do not agree with this. ✓
- No Christians use art to help express their beliefs.

What does the word incarnate mean?
- God being human in Jesus ✓
- Jesus dying on the cross
- Jesus coming from the Middle East
Match the word to the definition.
- incarnate
  
  ⇔
  
  embodiment of God in human form ✓
- biblical
  
  ⇔
  
  ideas contained in the Bible ✓
- challenge
  
  ⇔
  
  to dispute the truth or validity of an idea ✓
African artists may paint Jesus as African because ...
- we do not know what Jesus looked like ✓
- Jesus was actually from Africa
- many artists draw Jesus inspired by their own culture ✓
- there is only one correct way to draw Jesus
What Christian belief does this artwork show?
- incarnation ✓
- baptism
- forgiveness
Sometimes Christians use art to __________ established views.
- support
- explain
- challenge ✓

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Christians have represented their beliefs in art for many centuries. This includes modern artists painting today.
We do not know what Jesus looked like. We know he lived as a first century Jew in Palestine.
Many Christians throughout the world represent Jesus from within their own culture.
Sometimes Christians use art to challenge established views.

We know what Jesus looked like. The white Jesus seen in stained glass windows is an authentic representation of Jesus.

We do not know what Jesus looked like. Artists all over the world can paint or represent Jesus from within their own cultures.