European Baccalaureate Art case studies
European Baccalaureate Art · Put your knowledge to work in context.
This page supports candidates preparing for the Art option within the European Baccalaureate, the school-leaving credential associated with the European Schools. It is written for students in the final years of a European School or an Accredited European School who are building an art portfolio and preparing for assessment in the visual arts, and for anyone comparing this route with national qualifications. The European Baccalaureate Art case studies are 5 cases and about 2,499 words.
1Mural on the Cafeteria Wall
In a European School, a final-year EB Art candidate has designed a 9 m by 2.5 m mural for the cafeteria wall. The image layers a family photograph from 1943 with contemporary border-control symbols; a small swastika appears inside a reproduced newspaper fragment.
528 words, about 3 min2The Dark Room Problem
The school gym will host the EB Art exhibition; the external examiner visits on 14 May. A local media arts centre offers to lend a three-channel video installation by a contemporary artist: 12-minute loop, near-darkness required, 4 m by 3 m floor area.
513 words, about 3 min3Appropriation or Plagiarism
A final-year candidate submits a 12-image portfolio. Six images are high-resolution reproductions of a living photographer's series, cropped and re-coloured, with captions quoting Walter Benjamin.
494 words, about 2 min4Six Students, One Installation
Six final-year EB Art students must install a group work titled Borderlands in a 6 m by 4 m alcove for the school exhibition. They have three weeks and EUR 150.
504 words, about 3 min5Choosing Images for the Mock Written Paper
The EB Art teacher is drafting a 90-minute mock written paper on the theme Art and Power. The paper needs four works, at least two media, at least one non-European work, and at least one pre-1900 work.
460 words, about 2 min