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AP® Art History Syllabus

A course designed to prepare students for the AP Art History Examination.

AR424                        Art History                 AP 

(1 year, 1 credit)

Art History AP is required for AP Art 4 students, but other students may also sign-up.  AP Art History is a college freshman-level art history survey course designed to thoroughly prepare seniors to take the College Board Advanced Placement Art History Test.  The course will cover Western art practice from prehistoric to contemporary times, as well as the art and cultures of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Pacific Islands, Central, and South America.  Class size is limited to 24.      

Prerequisite:  Approval of Art 4 teacher is required.

Classes are 90 minutes in length and meet every other day.

TEXT: Art Across Time, second edition, ©2002, Laurie Schneider Adams, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. NY, NY.

AP Art History Class Expectations

THE AP ART HISTORY COURSE: All students will be required to print and keep for their records a copy of the College Board AP Art History Course Description.  Students will be required to read the requirements for the AP Art History Course in order to understand fully their responsibilities in fulfilling the requirements

GRADING PERCENTAGES: Art History Portfolio: 25%,  Quarter Exams: 25%, Power Point Presentations / Quizzes: 25%, Homework, 25%

TESTING: Testing will be quizzes from reading and image recognition.  There will also be eight power point research presentation assignments (one for each lesson).

QUARTER EXAMS: Quarter Exams will be traditional "image recognition" tests where the student will be asked to recognize and give information about a work of art studied that quarter. 

HOMEWORK: All homework is listed on the Lesson Sequence page.  A late homework receives no credit.  An assignment is on time only if it is ready at the opening bell of the class.   ASSIGNMENTS IN OR OUT OF CLASS ARE NOT A REQUEST - THEY ARE REQUIRED - ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED ON TIME.  FAILURE TO HAND IN ALL ASSIGNMENTS BY THE END OF A QUARTER WILL RESULT IN A FAILURE FOR THAT QUARTER.

EXTRA CREDIT: Is available only to students who have had all of their assignments handed in on time.

THE ART HISTORY PORTFOLIO: The Art History Portfolio is a compilation of all of the work, including homework's, notes, handouts, papers, reproductions, and research into an attractively bound publication.  This document is graded at the end of each quarter and in its completed state will be presented at the end of the year as part of the final exam grade. All work must be typed and organized so that a viewer can easily view the work.  A table of contents is required as well as numbered pages and easy to read tabs.  Hand made color or other illustrations are encouraged.

 

Above: Picasso's Bull

Art History (course description from College Board Web Site)

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Complete course and exam information is available in the Course Description.
Follow this link to the AP Art History Course Page for complete Course Information.

AP Art History is designed to provide the same benefits to secondary school students as those provided by an introductory college course in art history: an understanding and enjoyment of architecture, sculpture, painting, and other art forms within historical and cultural contexts.

In the course, students examine major forms of artistic expression from the past and present and from a variety of cultures. They learn to look at works of art critically, with intelligence and sensitivity, and to articulate what they see or experience.

No prior exposure to art history is required. However, students who have done well in other courses in the humanities, such as history and literature, or in any of the studio arts are especially encouraged to enroll.

The AP Art History Development Committee periodically conducts surveys to find out what material is usually covered at the institutions that have AP policies for Art History.

College courses cover the various art forms in the following proportions: 40-50% painting and drawing, 25% architecture, 25% sculpture, and 5-10% other media. The AP Art History Examination reflects these distributions. An understanding of the elements of art, fundamental art historical terminology, and technical processes used in the production of art is basic to both college and AP courses. Art history increasingly emphasizes understanding works in context, considering such issues as patronage, gender, and the functions and effects of works of art. The essay questions often reflect these changing emphases. In addition, one of the two long essays asks students to select and discuss a specific example of art from beyond the European tradition.

A great resource to find information about artists is: The Web Museum Artists Index