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IB Theory of Knowledge Topic 1.11 Area of Knowledge: the Arts (SL/HL) covers syllabus content. Use these Notes to review the topic, practise exam questions, and move between notes, videos, flashcards, and lessons where available.
1.11.1 What counts as art
1.11.2 Definitions of art and why they fail
1.11.3 Institutions and the artworld
1.11.4 Making as knowing
1.11.5 Craft, skill and tacit knowledge
1.11.6 Intention and the artist
1.11.7 Interpretation: whose meaning counts?
1.11.8 The forgery problem
1.11.9 Emotion and aesthetic response
1.11.10 Judgement: is it all subjective?
1.11.11 Criteria, canons and taste
1.11.12 Art as evidence about a society
1.11.13 Art and truth
1.11.14 Censorship and offence
1.11.15 Appropriation in the arts
1.11.16 Assessment bridge: the arts in essay titles