Manifestations of the religious sanctuary in the drawings of middle school students

Abstract

The present research aims to investigate the manifestations of the sacred in the paintings of the students at high schools. In its theoretical part, the research consists of three sections: the first deals with the readings of the concept sacred; the second examines the artistic works that are considered sacred and the third one observes the artistic expressions in the paintings of teenagers. The research includes (1293) male and female students at high schools who represent 10% of the (12972) participants. The two researchers have designed a tool, as a research prerequisite, to analyze the students’ paintings. Accordingly, they have arrived at significant conclusions among which: 1-The percentage of the paintings that manifests the sacred is 12,1% compared to the 87,9% of those that they do not have such manifestations. 2-There are no statistically significant differences in the manifestations of the sacred in the students’ paintings with respect to gender difference (male and female). The researchers have reached at two important recommendations: 1. There is a need to expand the students' imaginary perceptions via involving in practical and educational programs. Those programs would allow the students to draw imaginary pictures with different subjects. 2. It is important to straighten the relationship of the students with what is beyond the sense; especially with regard to religious and spiritual considerations. The most important recommendations are Conducting a research that deals with the dominance of nature subjects in the paintings of preparatory stage students