Archive for religious art
Roman capital [jatp]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Arles, Cloître Saint-Trophime, cloister, jatp, Kind Herod, Prosper Mérimée, Provence, religious art, roman church, vacations on May 28, 2024 by xi'an
religions in the classroom
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, University life with tags Florence, Florida, Galleria dell'Academia, Hamline College, Islamic art, Michelangelo, Pennsylvania, rationalism, religious art, religious beliefs, Renaissance, secularism, theocracy, Université Paris Dauphine, University of Warwick, US politics on April 10, 2023 by xi'an
Two recent stories reported in the New York Times about U.S. professors being fired for posting art pieces that students or parents found offensive to their beliefs. One (above) was a painting within a 14th-century Islamic history book supposed to represent G and M. As showed [with much warning] during an art class at Hamline College. The other is the (monumental) Renaissance Michelangelo’s David [exhibited a la Galleria dell’Academia, in Florence]. Whose posting during a Florida sixth-grader class on Renaissance art led to accusations of pornography! These extreme cases of religious beliefs taking over the classroom (and rationality!) remind me of the difference I noticed between teaching in D and W, since in the former institution, classes and tests can take place any day that is not a public holiday, following general secular rules in French public institutions, while in the latter, every possible effort should be made (by the University) to provide an alternative test…
escaping the frame…
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Gothic cathedral, Harry Potter, Italia, religious art, sculpture, Siena on May 27, 2015 by xi'an
