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Back to ToK =THE ARTS - an area of knowledge= [|IB ToK - The Arts guiding questions.doc] TOK - THE ARTS PRESENTATION link to instructions media type="youtube" key="2NWz2ssfj_s" height="315" width="420" THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE – THE ARTS from ToK Guide, IBO, 2006

//**El arte es una mentira que nos acerca a la verdad. [Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth.] Pablo Picasso**//

“The arts” is a very broad field. It is hard to say clearly what it includes; it is even harder to characterize it simply. As used here, the term certainly includes literature, from group 1 of the Diploma Programme, and the various forms in group 6: dance, film, music, theatre and visual arts. The differences between the forms may be at least as interesting as their similarities. For example, how much is there in common between knowing a poem and knowing a dance? Is it entirely clear what “knowing” means in either case?

**GUIDING QUESTIONS**
Nature of the arts The arts - Methods of gaining knowledge The arts and knowledge claims The arts and values The arts and knowledge perspectives