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COMPARATIVE STUDY INFORMATION:
COMPARATIVE STUDY INFORMATION:
Externally Assessed; Worth 20% of Overall Course Score
HL students create 10-15 screens plus 3-5 screens which analyse the extent to which their work and practices have been influenced by the art and artists examined
The Comparative Study will examine and compare at least three artworks, objects, or artifacts, at least two of which need to be by different artists. The works selected for comparison and analysis should come from differing cultural contexts.
Graded on 5 criteria: Analysis of formal qualities; Interpretation of function and purpose; Evaluation of cultural significance; Making comparisons and connections; and Presentation and subject specific language.
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Comparative study (20% of total score)
Students are required to analyze and compare artworks, objects or artifacts by different artists. This independent critical and contextual investigation should explore artworks, objects and artifacts from differing cultural contexts. Throughout the course, students will have investigated a range of artists, styles, images and objects from a range of cultural contexts, through an integrated approach to exploring the three syllabus areas: visual arts in context, visual arts methods and communicating visual arts. Students select artworks, objects and artifacts for comparison from differing cultural contexts that may have been produced across any of the art-making forms, and that hold individual resonance for the student and have relevance to their own art making practice.
Students must examine and compare at least 3 pieces, at least 2 of which should be by different artists as well as one of their own pieces of artwork. It is valuable for students to have experienced at least one of the works in real time and space, such as a painting at a gallery, a sculpture in a park or an artifact from the local community that is brought into the school, although this is not essential. Good quality reproductions can be referred to when a student’s location limits their access to such works first hand. The works selected for comparison and analysis 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. A recognized system of academic referencing must be used in line with the school’s academic honesty policy. A candidate’s failure to acknowledge a source will be investigated by the IB as a potential breach of regulations that may result in a penalty imposed by the IB final award committee.
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