Article Date: 03 December 2015
Article Date: 03 December 2015
- What is the purpose of a museum and how do objects get selected for a museum collection?
- Is there a difference in learning by “doing” and learning by “thinking”?
- What is “Art”?
- Is there any difference in seeing an actual object rather than a photograph of it on a website?
…. Just some of the questions considered as IB Year 12 students visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, to explore some ideas about how knowledge is constructed and how different contexts influence art and design styles.
The collection features extensive collections of ceramics, ironwork, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, drawings and photographs.
