TOK : VISUAL ART

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What is art ?

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Reliable?Respectful?Careful?Can take orders?Faithful to traditions?Appreciate beauty?

Creative?Dynamic?Flexible?Inventive?Independent?Progressive?

Berekhat Ram, 230 000 years ago The Venus of Birkat Ram is a proposed Venus figurine that was found on the Golan Heights in the summer of 1981 by archaeologist N. Goren-Inbar

of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Art and the supernatural……..

Altamira Cave, Spain 17 0000 years ago

Art and the supernatural……..

Art and the supernatural……..

Art and the supernatural……..

Hans Holbein d.y 1528

Aboriginal art

Art and the supernatural……..

A CHANGE IN ROLE OF THE CRAFTSMAN

Master and student……

INFLUENCE FROM OTHER CULTURES

INLUENCE FROM OTHER CULTURES :

Art and power

Art and power

Art and power

JohannesAdamSimonOertel :Pulling down the statue of King George_III, ca1859.

THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF ART AND ARTISTS

The artist as critical voice

Albertine at the Police Doctor's Waiting Room), 1885-87

THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF ART AND ARTISTS

The artist as critical voice

Benetton – and art of provocation…

The artist as critical voice

The artist as critical voice,

or the need for expression?

The artist as critical voice

The artist as critical voice

The artist as critical voice

Kevin Carter : Sudan, 1993, K.C. died 3 months later due to depression.

Appreciate beauty?

Appreciate beauty?

Appreciate beauty?

CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE WESTRemember Goya and David?

CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE WEST

CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE WEST

CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE EAST

CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE EAST AND WEST

duchampmao-Shi XhinningFountain- Marcel Duchamp 1917

Iconoclasm