Tintoretto, Jesus washing feet and the body as a symbol.

This lesson uses the art work of Tintoretto and his classic depiction from John’s gospel of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples at the last supper. It is also influenced by the subject of anthropology and the theme of the body as a symbol. Please click on the link to see the content of the lesson.

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The lesson starts with some images of feet washing from Islam, Buddhism and the Pope at Easter to get the pupils thinking about what the theme of the lesson is about. Having examined what happens in John’s gospel, It then moves to the Tinterotto painting; it first looks at an interesting way that Jesus does not appear at the centre of the painting (but he is really!). However, the core of the lesson is looking at different emotions, expressions, beliefs and how each character or small scene might depict this.
There are further activities at the end which are based on knowledge, understanding and evaluation.