Yesterday in church our preacher reminded us of how God's grace is always amazing. His scripture reference was from Luke 15 - the story of the Prodigal Son. He used a magnificent Rembrandt painting to illustrate the father's strength in forgiveness and gentleness of unconditional love. I am going to see if I can design a lesson plan for art class that uses the resource of The Jesus Film and this Rembrandt painting.
I've reviewed The Jesus Film and, unfortunately, the story of the prodigal son is not there. So, I recommend that a teacher use an online Bible to cut and paste the story into a Word document and use it that way. I really like the idea of using Rembrandt's painting.
Luke 3 tells about John the Baptist. Here's an interesting article that explains how the movie The Matrix used Christ imagery and even a "John the Baptist" figure in the movie. http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/matrix2.htm
Yesterday in church our preacher reminded us of how God's grace is always amazing. His scripture reference was from Luke 15 - the story of the Prodigal Son. He used a magnificent Rembrandt painting to illustrate the father's strength in forgiveness and gentleness of unconditional love. I am going to see if I can design a lesson plan for art class that uses the resource of The Jesus Film and this Rembrandt painting.
ReplyDeleteI found several standards in the visual arts that could utilize Rembrandt's painting "The Return of the Prodigal Son".
ReplyDeleteThe student:
1. develops personal viewpoints regarding the characteristics and merits of art works.
1. analyzes how the same subject matter is communicated in the visual vs. performing arts.
1. analyzes how elements and principles affect the expressive qualities in works of art.
However, I did not find that this story of Luke 15:11-31 was included in The Jesus Film.
I've reviewed The Jesus Film and, unfortunately, the story of the prodigal son is not there. So, I recommend that a teacher use an online Bible to cut and paste the story into a Word document and use it that way. I really like the idea of using Rembrandt's painting.
ReplyDeleteLuke 3 tells about John the Baptist. Here's an interesting article that explains how the movie The Matrix used Christ imagery and even a "John the Baptist" figure in the movie.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hollywoodjesus.com/matrix2.htm