What is "IB Comparative Study"?
Comparative Study
Students both SL and HL (HL 2016) must examine and compare at least three pieces, at least two of which should be by different artists. It is even better if the student has viewed and experienced the artwork in real time, such as in a gallery. The artworks selected should come from contrasting cultural contexts.
Students use research and inquiry skills to investigate and interpret the selected pieces, applying aspects of critical theory and methodologies to the works examined and presenting their findings as a personal and critically reflective analysis, using both visual and written forms of notation.
Students must support their interpretation with references to sound and reliable sources.
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For each of the three art pieces, a student should:
-have research from different sources
-analyze the cultural contexts in which the artworks were created
-identify the formal qualities (elements/principles)
-interpret the function and/or purpose of each artwork
-evaluate the material, conceptual significance of the selected pieces to the cultural contexts within which they were created
As a result, students will:
-compare the selected pieces identifying links in cultural context, formal qualities, function, purpose, material, conceptual and cultural significance
-present a list of sources used during the course of the study
-reflect on the investigation outcomes and the extent to which their own art-making practices and pieces have ben influenced by these artworks, objects, or artifacts examined in the study
Guess what?! You are already doing this...
-IWB: document artists and artwork during your investigation and include your personal responses to the art. Include detailed interpretations, evaluations and comparisons to things you have seen before. You will adapt what you have recorded in your IWB to create the basis for the submission of your Comparative Study in 2016.
Examples of a Comparative Study:
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