TOK The ArtsIntroduction What is Art?

The ArtsWhat is Art?How do we judge Art?Analysing Art and Discussing ArtWhy is Art important?Does Art reflect the Real World?

StarterYou will be shown two pieces of Art on the following slides. For each, you should:Decide whether you think it classifies as ArtExplain your reasons (what factors you considered when judging whether or not it was a piece of Art?)

What factors do we consider?Make a list of all the different factors we used to judge whether something was Art or not

Read the list of ideas from last year which is the most important in deciding what Art is?

Read the extract from Lagemaats Chapter on The ArtsWhich do you think is the most important reason of the three (intention, quality or audience reception)?

What is Art?You will now be shown a series of slides that claim to be Art. For each:Decide how it could be considered to be ArtDecide how it could considered to NOT be ArtForm your judgement as to whether it is Art or not

Tracey Emin shows us her own bed, in all its embarrassing glory. Empty booze bottles, fag butts, stained sheets, worn panties: the bloody aftermath of a nervous breakdown. By presenting her bed as art, Tracey Emin shares her most personal space, revealing shes as insecure and imperfect as the rest of the world. Cave paintingAn Apsara or "Heavenly Nymph" at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.Christian art - C1400

The Starry Night (June 1889), The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Xu Zhen, Contemporary Chinese Artist The top of Everest (8848-1.86)

A meteoriteAyers rock

Banksy UK (Graffiti) Artist graffiti as art?Graffiti as vandalism?Basquiat street art (1980s)

Samurai Jack - noted for its fine detail, outline free, cinematic style.London Underground mapSimon Patterson's Great Bear (1992) - Patterson has used each tube line to represent a group of individuals, from philosopher, to celebrities and sports personalities. Patterson's work uses Maps and diagrams of an authoritive nature and transforms them by subverting their concept and forces us to challenge our original assumptions and question our associations with the piece. Dan Flavin artist who works with strip lightsA shop signMark Wallingers sleeper he stayed in Berlin art museum for 9 days and won the Turner prize.Tracey Emin shows us her own bed, in all its embarrassing glory. Empty booze bottles, fag butts, stained sheets, worn panties: the bloody aftermath of a nervous breakdown. By presenting her bed as art, Tracey Emin shares her most personal space, revealing shes as insecure and imperfect as the rest of the world. Picassos Guernica (1937) The Spanish Civil WarYves Klein IKB - The International Klein Blue (IKB) is a deep blue hue first mixed by the French artist Yves Klein.International Klein Blue (or IKB as it is known in art circles) was developed by French artist Yves Klein as part of his search for colors which best represented the concepts he wished to convey as an artist. Although Klein had worked with blue extensively in his earlier career, it was not until 1958 that he used it as the central component of a piece (the color effectively becoming the art).Nike swooshEllsworth KellyBlack Curve I 1973 planographic 1 colour lithograph with pencil lines Jackson Pollock one of his paintings is currently the worlds most expensive.Stone Roses Elephant Stone record coverDuanpen #81 on sale for $500, painted by an elephantElephant architecture, Thailand.