1. Unit 6/ #1 RLS: TED ED video by Felipe Galindo
WOK: Memory/ Imagination
AOK: The Arts/ History
Art has always played an important role in society. Modern art opened a new door to the way people appreciated art and also spurred numerous art movements.
Do you think there are still new art forms to be created? Explain

2. Starter
How do we figure out the ‘meaning’ of a work of art?

3. Objective “I understand that ‘art’ can be defined in different ways.”
MC Escher
Reality and Illusion

4. What is Art
How many of the following criteria are important for something to be considered art?

5. Criteria Art must be intended as art
Arts are a way of expressing emotion
Art imitates nature or the world
Art conveys truth about the world

6. Criteria Art teaches us what is right and heightens moral awareness
Art has to be beautiful or interesting…
Art requires technical skill
Art requires creativity and uniqueness
Art offers insight into the human condition

7. Quiz #1 Quiz #1 Choose whether each one is: "definitely art",
"maybe art",
"definitely not art.“
Give reasons for your choices

12. Moschino
2017 Fashion Week show

13. Boxes
By Andy Warhol

14. Read and discuss the background information about each piece.

15. Did the artworks seem more important or meaningful after you read about the art history?

16. Do Now
Clear desks

17. Unit 6/ #2 RLS: Your Choice AOK: Your Choice WOK: Your Choice
Create (1) Knowledge Question based on your RLS
(1) Claim and (1) Counter Claim

18. Criteria for True Art Art must be intended as art
Arts are a way of expressing emotion
Art imitates nature or the world
Art conveys truth about the world

19. What is Art? Does it need to have all the criteria to be art?
Or just some of them?
Are some more important than others?

20. How can we distinguish good art from bad?
Was it intended as art?
Is it original and creative?
Is it beautiful? – if there are objective standards of beauty…
Did it require skill? – did the artist do anything special?
Does it invoke emotion – Does it make us feel something?
Does it imitate nature?
Does it teach us something? – morally? Socially?
Does it give us insight into the human condition?
Does it contain truth?
What does society think? Experts? The public? Other artists??? – does it have any authority as Art?

21. EXIT
Which Ways of Knowing are the most/least important in the arts?

22. Mathematics: What is the connection between music and mathematics?
Is it possible to calculate beauty?
Religion: How is artistic creation similar to and different from divine creation?
Ethics: To what extent do the arts civilise people?
Language: How doe poets help to keep language alive? Is it possible to fully appreciate any work of art without language?
The arts
Natural sciences: What roles does creative imagination play in the sciences?
History: How much can we learn about the past from the history of art?