IB CRITERIA FOR RESEARCH

WORKBOOKSSKETCHBOOKS

CRITERION A

CULTURAL & CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH

Choose Sketchbook Pages That

Show A Strong & Direct Relationship Between Your Formal Work and Your Research (Investigation)

HL = 30 Pages

SL = 20 Pages

ASK YOURSELFMETACOGNITION

To what degree do your selected IWB pages show you have analyzed, considered, compared & reflected upon art from other cultures & time periods?

Give specific examples from your IWB pages and the connection with your works of art.

LETS PRACTICE

UNIVERSAL CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ART

1: Choose one of your works of art and find its corresponding research pages

2: Describe3: Analyze4: Interpret (Consider)5: Judge (Compare)

6: Reflect upon it in comparison to art from another time period and/or culture.

The next slides will guide the process

DESCRIBEDescribe the work without value words

("beautiful" or "ugly”)

CITE THE WORK Title & Artist(s) When and where was the

work created?

DESCRIBE THE ELEMENTSLine Shape Form Color Value Texture Space

DISCUSS TECHNICAL QUALITIESTools, materials, instruments

DESCRIBE SUBJECT MATTERWhat is it all about? Are there recognizable images?

ANALYZEDescribe how the work is organized as a

complete composition

DESCRIBE HOW THE ELEMENTS ARE ORGANIZED USING THE PRINCIPLES OF ART

Balance, Emphasis, Proportion, Repetition, Pattern

Movement, Rhythm, Unity, Variety

IDENTIFY some of the similarities throughout the work ex: repetition of lines, patterns, directional

movement

IDENTIFY points of emphasis in the work ex: specific scene, figure, movement.

IDENTIFY relationships between or among subjects & characters

INTERPRETDescribe how the work makes you think or feel

DESCRIBE THE ESPRESSIVE QUALITIES YOU FIND IN THE WORK

What expressive language would you use to describe the qualities of how the work makes

you feel

What particular emotional adjectives would you use

EXPLAIN if the work reminds you of other situations you experienced Analogy or Metaphor

DISCUSS how the work relates to other ideas or events past or present

how the work relates to other subjects

JUDGEPresent your opinion of its success or failure

DESCRIBE the work’s qualities that makes you feel it is successful or a failure

COMPARE the work with similar work that you think are good or bad

DISCUSS how original is the work and why you feel it is original or not

PURPOSE & FUNCTIONThoughtfully

consider the meaning & purpose of the art

COMPARE & CONTRAST What are the similarities or differences

of the meaning & function?

DISCUSS the purpose and function of your work of art in relationship to the purpose of

the art made by a different culture or time

period?

Why was the work made? What was it’s function?

REFLECTWhat does it all mean to you?

EXPLAIN How the context affects the work (the background information, the

underpinnings)

and the impact it makes in contemporary society?

How does it connect to modern man and art-making?

CRITERION B

TECHNICAL PROCESSESRESEARCH

THUMBNAIL SKETCHES Media & Techniques Exploration & Experimentation

DISCUSS Problem solving strategies and decision making in the exploratory sketches

INCLUDE Verbal & Visual records of your creative thought process

DISPLAY a careful record of well developed skills and experimentation with a variety of techniques,

media, and materials

CRITERION C

INVESTIGATIONRESEARCH

INVESTIGATION Evidence of clear & coherent strategies

& thought process

DISCUSS influences & connections between your artinfluences & connections between

your art & work from other artists

ARTICULATE connections between different works of your art connections between your art & work from

other artists

SHOW a clear strategy for your investigation of visual qualities, ideas, contexts.

Why did you pursue a particular path for your

investigation? Was it successful? Did you adapt?

CRITERION D

DEPTH & BREADTHRESEARCH

DEPTH & BREADTH Evidence of broad range of influences

DISCUSS how you pushed some ideas to greater depths of understanding through your mastery

of specific skills or knowledgebased on specific ideas of

personal interest

DEMONSTRATE which influences you pushed further and why

SHOW a wide range of influences, ideas & inspirations in the synthesis of your work

CRITERION E

VOCABULARYRESEARCH

VOCABULARY Evidence of correct use of art specific vocabulary

INCLUDE numerous and consistent art specific vocabulary

used correctly

DEMONSTRATE correct use of the elements, principles & formal analysis of art to form

criticism of your work and the work of

others

CRITERION F

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOURCESRESEARCH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOURCES

Evidence of correct use of citing information

INCLUDE citation for every work of art and information you show in your IWB

DEMONSTRATE citations for all influences and inspirations

CRITERION G

PRESENTATIONRESEARCH

PRESENTATION Evidence of clear, coherent, neat IWB pages

DEMONSTRATE an interesting aesthetic quality (design - layout)

of your IWB/SB pages

DEMONSTRATE a high quality of creativity and structure in your verbal entries

(writing) which will also be

evaluatedDEMONSTRATE sincere connection with your research with neat, legible and visually interesting composed pages

CRITERION H

INTEGRATIONRESEARCH

INTEGRATION Evidence of a strong relationship of IWB and Studio Work

DEMONSTRATE relevance between your pages & studio work

EXHIBIT obvious and direct correlations between

your IWB-SB and the art you create.! SHOW evidence of evolved, supported, justified

& explained ideas in your IWBDISPLAY a continuous progression of ideas that occur

before, during, and after a work of art is created.