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IBDP Visual Arts Comparative Study: Formal Qualities

A resource to support student inquiry

What is the assessment criteria looking for?

An effective identification and analysis of the formal qualities of the selected artworks, objects and artifacts.

At the highest level of achievement, the work identifies and analyses the formal qualities of the selected pieces from at least two cultural origins and the analysis of these formal qualities is consistently informed by reliable sources and effective.

What does that mean

This means that at first we must unpick what we can see. What information has the artist given us in this image? We need to look first at what we can see and then move on to "informing" ourselves on why

How can I do that?

What if I need some more help with this part?

Test yourself with this Quizlet : https://quizlet.com/57916959/formal-qualities-of-art-flash-cards/

 

 

What could that look like?

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