International Baccalaureate · IB Diploma
Visual Arts · HL
Papers, samples and curriculum documents for this course. · Papers, amostras e documentos curriculares deste curso.
Handouts, exercise sheets and slides
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Handouts · Material de apoio · AP 2-D Art and Design · Arte e Design 2D do AP (6)
- 1. Elements of Art · 1. Elementos de Arte
- 2. Principles of Design · 2. Princípios de Design
- 3. 2-D Media, Materials, and Techniques · 3. Mídias 2-D, Materiais e Técnicas
- 4. Investigate: Inquiry and the Artistic Process · 4. Investigar: Investigação e Processo Artístico
- 5. Make: Practice, Experimentation, and Revision · 5. Criar: Prática, Experimentação e Revisão
- 6. Present: Communication and the AP Portfolio · 6. Apresentar: Comunicação e Portfólio AP
Exercise sheets · Folhas de exercícios · AP 2-D Art and Design · Arte e Design 2D do AP (40)
- 1.1 Line · 1.1 Linha
- 1.2 Shape and Form · 1.2 Forma e Forma
- 1.3 Value · 1.3 Valor
- 1.4 Color · 1.4 Cor
- 1.5 Texture · 1.5 Textura
- 1.6 Space · 1.6 Espaço
- 2.1 Balance · 2.1 Equilíbrio
- 2.2 Emphasis and Focal Point · 2.2 Ênfase e Ponto Focal
- 2.3 Contrast · 2.3 Contraste
- 2.4 Movement and Rhythm · 2.4 Movimento e Ritmo
- 2.5 Pattern and Repetition · 2.5 Padrão e Repetição
- 2.6 Proportion and Scale · 2.6 Proporção e Escala
- 2.7 Unity and Variety · 2.7 Unidade e Variedade
- 2.8 Composition · 2.8 Composição
- 3.1 Drawing Media · 3.1 Materiais de Desenho
- 3.2 Painting Media · 3.2 Materiais de Pintura
- 3.3 Printmaking · 3.3 Gravura
- 3.4 Collage and Mixed Media · 3.4 Colagem e Mídia Mista
- 3.5 Photography and Lens-Based Media · 3.5 Fotografia e Mídias Baseadas em Lente
- 3.6 Digital Art and Design · 3.6 Arte Digital e Design
- 3.7 Graphic Design and Illustration · 3.7 Design Gráfico e Ilustração
- 4.1 Inquiry and Asking Questions · 4.1 Investigação e Fazer Perguntas
- 4.2 Sources of Ideas and Experiences · 4.2 Fontes de Ideias e Experiências
- 4.3 Materials, Processes, and Ideas · 4.3 Materiais, Processos e Ideias
- 4.4 Art and Design in Context · 4.4 Arte e Design em Contexto
- 4.5 Evaluating Art and Design · 4.5 Avaliando Arte e Design
- 4.6 Documentation and the Process Journal · 4.6 Documentação e o Diário do Processo
- 5.1 The Sustained Investigation · 5.1 A Investigação Sustentada
- 5.2 Practice, Experimentation, and Revision · 5.2 Prática, Experimentação e Revisão
- 5.3 Synthesis of Materials, Processes, and Ideas · 5.3 Síntese de Materiais, Processos e Ideias
- 5.4 Demonstrating 2-D Skills · 5.4 Demonstrando Habilidades 2D
- 5.5 Composition and Craft in Making · 5.5 Composição e Ofício na Execução
- 5.6 Developing Ideas Over Time · 5.6 Desenvolvendo Ideias ao Longo do Tempo
- 6.1 The AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio · 6.1 O Portfólio de Arte e Design AP 2D
- 6.2 Sustained Investigation: Images and Written Evidence · 6.2 Investigação Sustentada: Imagens e Evidências Escritas
- 6.3 Selected Works: Demonstrating Skills · 6.3 Obras Selecionadas: Demonstrando Habilidades
- 6.4 Writing About Your Work · 6.4 Escrita Sobre Sua Obra
- 6.5 Presentation and Image Quality · 6.5 Apresentação e Qualidade da Imagem
- 6.6 Understanding the Scoring Guidelines · 6.6 Entendendo as Diretrizes de Avaliação
- 6.7 Academic Integrity and Citing Sources · 6.7 Integridade Acadêmica e Citação de Fontes
Presentation slides · Slides de apresentação · AP 2-D Art and Design · Arte e Design 2D do AP (6)
- 1. Elements of Art · 1. Elementos de Arte
- 2. Principles of Design · 2. Princípios de Design
- 3. 2-D Media, Materials, and Techniques · 3. Mídias 2-D, Materiais e Técnicas
- 4. Investigate: Inquiry and the Artistic Process · 4. Investigar: Investigação e Processo Artístico
- 5. Make: Practice, Experimentation, and Revision · 5. Criar: Prática, Experimentação e Revisão
- 6. Present: Communication and the AP Portfolio · 6. Apresentar: Comunicação e Portfólio AP
Course units and learning goals · Unidades do curso e objetivos de aprendizagem
These lessons teach selected course objectives. Check the remaining coverage gaps; the material is not a complete preparation programme. · Estas aulas ensinam objetivos selecionados do curso. Verifique as lacunas de cobertura restantes; o material não é um programa completo de preparação.
Comparative study · Visual analysis, context and comparison
- Analyse formal qualities, function and cultural significance
- Compare at least three artworks by at least two artists with reliable attribution
- composition
- Organization of visual elements within an artwork.
- formal qualities
- Visible and material properties such as line, colour, form and space.
Process portfolio · Material inquiry and iterative development
- Experiment with media and document development
- Evaluate how research, trials and reflection change artistic intentions
- iteration
- A repeated trial informed by the result of an earlier one.
- material investigation
- Purposeful exploration of a medium's possibilities and limits.
Exhibition · Resolved artworks and curatorial rationale
- Resolve works that communicate coherent intentions
- Plan an exhibition and justify selection, arrangement and audience relationship
- curatorial rationale
- An explanation of selection and arrangement for an exhibition.
- resolved artwork
- An artwork developed to communicate its intended meaning.
HL connections · Comparative research and own practice
- Connect comparative-study findings to personal art-making
- Evaluate transformation rather than imitation
- negative space
- Space around and between the main forms.
- artistic influence
- A researched idea or practice that informs another artist's decisions.
Preparing for this qualification · Preparação para esta qualificação
- Current SL/HL: comparative study 20%, process portfolio 40%, exhibition 40%. No written examination. First assessment 2027 replaces these with art-making inquiries portfolio, SL connections study/HL artist project and resolved artworks.
- Current SL exhibition selects 4–7 works; HL 8–11. SL process portfolio 9–18 screens, HL 13–25; comparative study 10–15 screens plus 3–5 HL screens linking own practice. Use school-selected artists and licensed/credited images.
Teaching coverage still needed · Cobertura do ensino ainda necessária
- Credited real artist/artwork studies, art-making-form guide requirements and actual portfolios/exhibition remain; 2027 course needs separate package.
- Reviewed runtime bank remains unavailable; no practice registry promotion.
Specifications and sample documents · Especificações e documentos de exemplo
- Visual Arts — Subject brief · 2016 ↗
First assessment: 2016
- Visual Arts — Subject brief · 2027 ↗
First assessment: 2027
Course materials · Materiais do curso
- Study notes · Notas de estudo →
- Revision questions · Questões de revisão →
- Teaching guidance · Orientações de ensino · Teacher access · Acesso do professor →
- Teacher diagnostics · Diagnósticos do professor · Teacher access · Acesso do professor →
- Supervised task guidance · Orientações de tarefa supervisionada · Teacher access · Acesso do professor →
Course preparation · Preparação do curso
Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · Os documentos estão disponíveis. Notas específicas da banca, avaliações e prática interativa de provas anteriores ainda não estão disponíveis para todos os cursos.
Lessons · Lições →