05.30 - Hindu Gods

At the beginning of class today, we reviewed our discussion of visual art and religion with respect to Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism. We spent some more time looking at the fine details in Hindu representations of gods and the symbolism of different visual elements. Everyone then had the rest of the period to do the following:

- Draft your found poem from the BBC site's page on your god
- Create a polished draft of your found poem
- Complete the poet's statement explaining your poem
- Begin searching for and reviewing images of your Hindu god
- Spend some time on Google, Wikipedia etc, learning more about your god to understand the symbolism in the pictures you'll see
- Begin drafting an image of your god

Resources:
BBC site on Hinduism
(expand the "Dieties" tab for specific information on any one of the four main Hindu gods).

Handouts:
Hindu Gods - Found Poem
Hindu Gods - Image Synthesis


Homework:

Read chapters 1, 2, and 3 of The Ramayana  (pages 337 - 347).

Finish the found poem on your Hindu god and poet's statement (if you did not do so in class).

Continue searching for images and information on your god that will help you understand the images.
Start taking notes of trends you observe on the image synthesis sheet.

Complete any missing assignments and revise assignments that scored below a 92.

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