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Rembrandt lived in Amsterdam in the 1600s, where Christians and Jews intermingled to a degree that was unusual in Europe at the time. Rembrandt, who is associated with the Calvinist Church, lived in a largely Jewish neighborhood.He was deeply interested in Jesus’ Jewish identity and the Jewish roots of Christianity. Studying earlier images of Jesus and living in the midst of inter-religious dialogs swirling in 17th century Amsterdam, Rembrandt created groundbreaking images that profoundly changed the artistic image of Jesus in the West.
The exhibition is designed to help students:
- Build their skills of looking at and interpreting art through comparisons of Rembrandt’s work over time
- Find similarities and differences between their own experiences and those explored in the exhibition
- Get to know more about Rembrandt as an artist and a person
- Feel revitalized by the human capacity for imagination
- Feel welcome and comfortable regardless of their cultural or religious backgrounds
Each student visitor receives a hand-held device to access a multimedia tour that leads them through exhibition highlights.
A field trip to see Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus can be used to address the following Michigan Department of Education’s Grade Level Content Expectations:
Social Studies
History
- H1.2.5 Identify the role of the individual in history and the significance of one person’s ideas.
- H1.4.1 Describe and use cultural institutions to study an era and a region (political, economic, religion/belief, science/technology, written language, education, family)
- H1.4.2 Describe and use themes of history to study patterns of change and continuity.
Geography
Human Characteristics of Place
- G2.2.1 Describe the human characteristics of the region under study (including languages, religion, economic systems, governmental systems, cultural traditions)
Forces of Cooperation and Conflict
- G4.4.1 Identify factors that contribute to conflict and cooperation between and among cultural groups
Arts Education
- ART.III.VA.M.5 Describe how personal experiences influence the development of specific artworks.
- ART.IV.VA.M.1 Know and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures.
- ART.IV.VA.M.2 Know and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultural contexts.
- ART.IV.VA.M.3 Analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art.
World History and Geography
Cross-Temporal or Global Expectations
- 4.1.2 World Religions — Using historical and modern maps and other documents, analyze the continuing spread of major world religions during this era and describe encounters between religious groups
The Emergence of the First Global Age, 15th to 18th Centuries
- 5.3.5 Europe through the 18th Century — Analyze the major political, religious, cultural and economic transformations in Europe by analyzing how the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment contributed to transformations in European society
Arts Education
- ART.IV.VA.HS.1 Reflect on how the subjects, ideas, and symbols of artworks differ visually, spatially, temporally, and functionally with respect to history and culture
- ART.IV.VA.HS.2 Describe the functions and explore the meaning of specific art objects within varied cultures, times and places
- ART.IV.VA.HS.3 Analyze relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture, justifying conclusions made in the analysis and using conclusions to inform personal artwork
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