1. TOK : VISUAL ART 1 What is art ?

2. 2 Reliable? Respectful? Careful? Can take orders? Faithful to traditions? Appreciate beauty? Creative? Dynamic? Flexible? Inventive? Independent? Progressive?

3. Does art mean the same in all cultures? Do all cultures have visual art? Art as provocative and political force? (Art as critic voice in the society.) (Art as mean of maintaining social structures/power. What about cultural visual/influence? ) Cultural differences and similarities. The concept of beauty? Who/what determines the standards of beauty? Art and beauty (Aesthetic values) (Here kitsch is a key word?) Can anything be art? Art/fashion, cartoons, films, advertisement - when do they become art? Does art play any role in our daily life? Does art concern me? Can art contribute to increased understanding of other subjects?

4. Berekhat Ram, 230 000 years ago The Venus of Birkat Ram is a proposed Venus figurine that was found on the Golan Heights in the summer of 1981 by archaeologist N. Goren-Inbar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 3 Art and the supernatural……..

5. Altamira Cave, Spain 17 0000 years ago Art and the supernatural……..

7. Hans Holbein d.y 1528

8. Aboriginal art Art and the supernatural……..

9. A CHANGE IN ROLE OF THE CRAFTSMAN

10. Master and student……

11. INFLUENCE FROM OTHER CULTURES

12. INLUENCE FROM OTHER CULTURES :

13. Art and power

15. JohannesAdamSimonOertel :Pulling down the statue of King George_III, ca1859.

16. THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF ART AND ARTISTS The artist as critical voice Albertine at the Police Doctor's Waiting Room), 1885-87

17. THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF ART AND ARTISTS The artist as critical voice

18. Benetton – and art of provocation…

19. The artist as critical voice

20. The artist as critical voice, or the need for expression?

21. The artist as critical voice

23. Kevin Carter : Sudan, 1993, K.C. died 3 months later due to depression.

24. Appreciate beauty?

27. CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE WEST Remember Goya and David?

28. CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE WEST

30. CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE EAST

31. CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE EAST AND WEST duchampmao-Shi Xhinning Fountain- Marcel Duchamp 1917

32. Iconoclasm