IB TOK class: Where are the black people in Old Master paintings?

News

This article picked by a teacher with suggested questions is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here. It is part of a special Climate Change for Schools report.

Specification:

IB DP TOK themes & AOKs The arts, History

Relevant BQ Spin

Key terms and ideas Represented, Contextualising, Unknown, Dynamics

Investigating Issues decolonisation

Exhibition prompt IAP-29 (owns)

Click to read the article below, study the images and then answer the questions:

Where are the black people in Old Master paintings?

  • What we can learn about society from viewing paintings from the past?

  • What do we see when we view these works of art?

  • What relationship might they have to power and wealth?

  • What do we fail to see when we view this art?

  • How does Walker seek to change our perception?

    You can explore these issues further by watching the short film about the way Walker works here. Overall, how important is it to view art from different perspectives? What do we miss when we fail to do this — both in terms of art, and social history?

Michael Dunn, theoryofknowledge.net

Articles You May Like

Bitcoin Dominance Hits 4-Year High Amid Altcoin Annihilation
El Salvador Buys the Dip: Adds 6 More BTC to Its Holdings
1,000,000 BTC: Senator Lummis Re-introduces Bitcoin Bill
$21 Billion to Buy Bitcoin: Strategy Announces Preferred Stock Offering to Fund Additional BTC Purchases
Ethereum Price Hits ResistanceWill The Recovery Stall Here?