I.B. Visual Arts: Investigation Workbook support presentation

1. THE INVESTIGATION WORKBOOK
IN I.B. DIPLOMA VISUAL ARTS
How to create a successful workbook.

2. Studio work and workbook progress
together.

3. The studio work is the focus

4. of the art historical research.

5. Close side-by-side comparisons can be
made between the student’s work

6. and other artists and movements.

7. Research sources can vary, including
real-life events or other

8. interpretations in literature or art or
elsewhere.

9. This example includes “Perfume” the
novel

10. perfume as a commodity and in
advertising and

11. artistic interpretations of sense
perceptions (Theory of Knowledge).

12. A subject once selected can be
explored through the history

13. of its different artistic interpretations.

14. Here Manga style is explored visually

15. and here the issue is how to depict sky

16. using only line

17. or the use of Scale in art.

18. Wider school issues can also be
addressed

19. such as plagiarism.

20. Creative, attractive lay-out and
legibility are very important factors

21. References should be clear and traceable in order that the reader can follow your
ideas back to your sources. All borrowing, both text and pictures, must be referenced.
References for text must begin with the last name of the author then first name,
followed by the title of your source, the place of publication, the year of publication
and the page number. Students are expected to use “a wide range of sources”,
including, books, magazines and periodicals and not just internet sites. All quotations
must be referenced and all ideas and information that you have found through your
research. Pictures must also be referenced.
E.G.
Craven, Roy C.,” Indian Art: A Concise History”, London ,1976, p62. (text)
Thomson, Jonathan, “Chatchai Suphin”, Art Asia, Hong Kong, August 2013, p75 (text)
Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Gandhara Art”, www.britannica.com/gandhara-art (site)
“Buddha from Gandhara”, Kushan, bronze, 2nd cent. AD, www.indiaart.com (picture)
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