Last Updated: May 8, 2008
AP Art History
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This yearlong college-level course covers the history of art, beginning with ancient Greece and Rome and concluding with Contemporary art, including recent trends and inquiry into the direction of art in the future. The class will focus on Western art and culture, but also includes non-Western traditions, such as the arts of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Students will be encouraged to develop an appreciation of the innate value of non-Western art based upon these culture’s aesthetic criteria as well as how these cultures relate to the Western art tradition. Students will learn the vocabulary of visual description and engage in formal analysis of works. Students will use critical thinking skills to determine the meaning of a work of art and how the piece reflects the artist’s intent as well as how it reflects the society and culture in which it was created. Students will be encouraged to reflect upon the many roles of art including political, religious, social, aesthetic, and expressiveness. The course will also address issues of patronage and gender roles. Students will become familiar with many different media (painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, architecture, etc.) and how artists choose materials to reflect specific ideas and messages.
Class Organization:
Ancient Through Medieval
Greece and Rome 10-15% Total: 30%
Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval 5-10%
Romanesque 3-7%
Gothic 7-10%
Beyond European Artistic Traditions
Africa (including Egypt); the Americas; Asia; Total: 20%
Near East, Oceania, and Islamic tradition
Renaissance to Present
Fourteenth Through Sixteenth Centuries 12-17% Total: 50%
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 10-15%
Nineteen Century 10-15%
Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 10-15%
Media:
Painting and drawing 40-50%
Architecture 25%
Sculpture 25%
Other media (photography, fiber arts, printmaking) 5-10%
Studen Evaluation:
Fall Term
Tests (4) 45%
Midterm Examination 20%
Papers/Projects 20%
Quizzes 15%
Spring Term
Tests (4) 50%
Paper/Projects 20%
Final Project 15%
Quizzes 15%
Introduction
Pre-Historic and Ancient Art
Chapter 2 Ancient Near Eastern
Greek Art
Roman Art
Chapter 6 Roman Art
Early Christian and Byzantine
Medieval Art
Chapter 12 Precursors of the Renaissance
Renaissance Art
Chapter 13 Early Renaissance
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Baroque Art
Chapter 17 Baroque Style in Western Europe
Revolutionary Era Art
Modernism
Chapter 23 Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau
Chapter 24 Turn of the Century (Early Picasso, Matisse, Der Blaue Reiter)
Chapter 25 Cubism, Futurism, Modern Architecture
Chapter 26 Dada, Surrealism, Social Realism
Chapter 27 Abstract Expressionism
Chapter 28 Pop Art, Action Sculpture, Minimalism, Conceptualism
Chapter 29 Post-Modern Architecture, Super Realism, Controversial Art, Feminist Art
Non-Western Student Presentations
Themes Student Presentations
Renaissance Jeopardy Questions, Part I
| Assignment | Due Date |
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| Study for the AP! | May 14, 2008 |
General
Mark Harden's Artchive (images and essays)
www.artchive.com
ArtLex Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com/
Webmuseum (good for images)
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
Grove Dictionary of Art
www.ssfs.org/library
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Byzantine
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzhome.html
Medieval Music
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html
Rococo
Camera Obscura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura
Vermeer and Camera Obscura
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/art/vermeer_camera_01.shtml
http://www.grand-illusions.com/vermeer/vermeer1.htm
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