Assignment: Religious Traditions and the Arts
(SPEAKER NOTES ARE VERY IMPORTANT)
Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that explores the following religious traditions:
• Judaism
• Early Christianity (before 600 CE)
• Islam
• Buddhism
Address the following items in your presentation (slides and speaker notes):
• Explain the basic tenets of each religious tradition, and how they define an individual's role in the world and his/her relationship with the deity.
• For each, include at least two examples of art which that tradition influenced. These examples can be in the form of:
• Visual arts (sculptures, paintings, drawings, etc.)
• Literature
• Music
• Architecture
Provide a brief summary of the important figures associated with each tradition and their contributions to its development.
Include in-text citations in the speaker notes for all outside information.