1. TOK – The Arts Introduction – What is Art?

2. The Arts What is Art? How do we judge Art? Analysing Art and Discussing Art Why is Art important? Does Art reflect the Real World?

3. Starter You will be shown two pieces of Art on the following slides. For each, you should: 1.Decide whether you think it classifies as Art 2.Explain your reasons (what factors you considered when judging whether or not it was a piece of Art?)

6. 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 Lagemaat’s Chapter on The Arts Which do you think is the most important reason of the three (intention, quality or audience reception)?

7. 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 Art –Decide how it could considered to NOT be Art –Form your judgement as to whether it is Art or not