(B-2), 10:02 to 11:38

Introduction: What Is Art? What Does It Do? 

Lesson #1

Day 1

Aug 20

Introduction to Class. Class organization, structure, goals, requirements, responsibilities, hand out books.

Students assigned Topic today for Power Point Presentation. Due: Day 13 Lesson #1

Art Across Time reading: Pages 1 – 23,  Test on: Day 15 Lesson #1

Assign and Hand Out: The Education of an Artist: Ben Shahn. Due: Day 15 Lesson #1

Day 2

Aug 22

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art?  The basic building blocks of the visual arts.

Day 3

Aug 26

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art?  Continue.

Day 4

Aug 28

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art?  The Fine Arts

Day 5

Sept 2

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art?  The Applied Arts

Day 6

Sept 4

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art? Style  

Day 7

Sept 8

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art? Style

Day 8

 Sept 10

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art? Functions of Art in Society 

Day 9

 Sept 12

Lecture/Discussion: What is Art? Functions of Art in Society 

Extra

 Sept 16

Wind Day - No Power - No Classes
Day 10  Sept 18 Talking About Art / Formal Criticism  

Day 11

Sept 22

Talking About Art / Formal Criticism

Day 12 Sept 24 Film: Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
Day 13 Sept 26 Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.  
Extra Sept 30 College Visit: The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design 
Extra Oct 3 College Visit: Maryland Institute College of Art MICA 
Day 14 Oct 7 Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.  
Day 15 Oct 9 Test today on Reading.  Due today for Discussion: The Education of an Artist: Ben Shahn  

 

The Art of Pre-History, China, India, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Lesson #2

Day 1

Oct 13

Introduction to Lesson: The Art of Pre-History, China, India, Egypt, Greece , Rome , and Byzantium

Art Across Time reading: Chapters 1 -8, pages 24 - 323, Test: on Day 10 Lesson #2, to include: all reading, window on the world sections, films, and notes from lectures.     

Students assigned Topic today for Power Point Presentations.  Due: Day 8, Lesson #2

Hand out On Nonconformity by Ben Shahn, Due for discussion Day 10, Lesson #2.  

Show Today: Film: from the Series Treasures of Athens and Olympia: The Greek Awakening: Art from the 5th Century BC.  

Exam

Oct 16

First quarter portfolio due for grading.  

Day 2

Oct 20

Film: Andy Goldsworthy, Rivers and Tides (Working with time).  The work of a contemporary artist using nature as his medium.  Is this a connection to prehistory?

Day 3

 Oct 22

Lecture/Discussion: The Art of Pre-History, China, India, Egypt, Greece , Rome , and  Byzantium

Day 4  

Oct 24 Film: Sr. Wendy, Early Art

Day 5

Oct 28 Films: The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and The Human Figure.  And  Beyond the Classical: Byzantine and Later Greek Art  

Day 6

 Oct 30

Lecture/Discussion: The Art of Pre-History, China, India, Egypt, Greece , Rome , and  Byzantium

Extra

Nov 4

College Visit: Columbus College of Art and Design CCAD

Day 7

Nov 6

Lecture/Discussion: The Art of Pre-History, China, India, Egypt, Greece , Rome , and  Byzantium

Day 8 

Nov 11 Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.  

Day 9

Nov 13

Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.  

Day 10

Nov 17

Test today on Reading: Chapters 1 -8, pages 24 - 323, to include: all reading, window on the world sections, films, and notes from lectures.       

Due today for discussion: On Nonconformity by Ben Shahn 

 

The Middle Ages, Romanesque, Gothic, and Islam

Lesson #3

Day 1

Nov 19

Introduction to Lesson: The Middle Ages, Romanesque, Gothic and Islam

Reading: Chapters 9 – 12, pages 324 - 495, Test: Day 7, Lesson #3

Students assigned Topic today for Power Point Presentation: Due: Day 5, Lesson #3

Extra Nov 21 Silent Study 

Day 2

Nov 25

Lecture/Discussion: The Middle Ages, Romanesque, Gothic and Islam.  

Day 3

Dec 2

Lecture/Discussion: The Middle Ages, Romanesque, Gothic and Islam.  

Day 4

Dec 4

Lecture/Discussion: The Middle Ages, Romanesque, Gothic and Islam.

Day 5 Dec 8 Film: Masters of Illusion  

Day 6

Dec 10

Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.

Day 7

Dec 12

Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.

Day 8

Dec 16

Test: on Chapters 9-12 and Semester Image Recognition Exam

 

The Renaissance

Lesson #4

Exam

Dec 18

Second Quarter Portfolio Due for grading.

Day 1

 Jan 5

Lecture/Discussion: Introduction to Lesson.  The Renaissance

Reading: Chapters 13 – 16, pages 496 - 647, Due: Day 8, Lesson #4   

Students assigned Topic today for Power Point Presentation.  Due: Day 6, Lesson #4

Film: Sr. Wendy: The Renaissance  

Day 2

Jan 7

Lecture/Discussion: The Renaissance

Day 3

 Jan 12

Lecture/Discussion: The Renaissance    

Day 4

Jan 14

Lecture/Discussion: The Renaissance  
Day 5 Jan 16 Film: Bernini  

Day 6

Jan 21 Assigned Power Point Presentations. 

Day 7

 Jan 23

Assigned Power Point Presentations.

snow Jan 27 snow
snow Jan 29 snow

Day 8

Feb 2 Finish Power Point Presentations, Test on reading: Chapters 13-16

 

Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Photography and Native North American Art

Lesson #5

Snow

Feb 4 Snow

Day 1

Feb 6

Introduction to Lesson.  Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Photography.

Reading: Chapters 17 – 23, pages 648 – 865. Test on Day 10 Lesson #5

Students assigned Topic today for Day 6 Power Point Presentation.

Film: Sr. Wendy, Baroque, Rococo and Romanticism
Day 2 Feb 10 Lecture/Discussion: Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Photography.
Day 3 Feb 12 Lecture/Discussion: Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Photography.  

Day 5

Feb 17

Film: The Third of May 1808

Day 6

Feb 19

Film: Sr. Wendy, The Age of Revolution  

Day 7  Feb 23 Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.

Day 8

 Feb 25

Assigned Power Point Presentations due today. 

Day 9 Feb 27 Film: David
Day 10 Mar 3 Test on Reading: Chapters 17-23

 

Impressionism, Modernism, the 20th Century, and Japanese Woodblock Prints

Lesson #6

Day 1

Mar 5

Lecture/Discussion: Introduction to Lesson. Impressionism, Modernism and the 20th Century.

Reading: Chapters 24 - 27, pages 866 – 964.

Students assigned Topic today for Power Point Presentation.  Due: Day 10, Lesson #6

Film: German Dada  
Day 2   Mar 6 Mr. Stanforth is at MND - Sub will be in.  Work on Assigned Power Point Presentations.

Day 3 

 Mar 10

Film: A Sunday in La Grande Jatte, 1884

Exam

Mar 12

3rd Quarter Portfolio due for grading  

 Day 4

Mar 16 Film: The Great Wave

Day 5 

Mar 18 The FSA, Film: Stryker's America, Photographing the Great Depression.    Film: The Kiss (Klimt)

Day 6 

 Mar 20

Lecture/Discussion: Impressionism, Modernism and the 20th Century.

Day 7

Mar 24

Lecture/Discussion: Impressionism, Modernism and the 20th Century.  

Day 8

Mar 26 Film: American Masters Series: Alfred Stieglitz  

Day 9  

Mar 30

Film: American Masters Series: Man Ray

Day 10

Apr 1

Assigned Power Point Presentations due today. 

Day 11

Apr 3

Assigned Power Point Presentations due today. 

Day 12 Apr 7 Film: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon  

extra

 Apr 9

Silent study for AP Art History and 4th quarter take-home exam.

Day 13  Apr 21 Film: American Masters Series: Robert RauschenbergFilm: American Masters Series: Robert Rauschenberg

Pop Art, Op Art, Conceptualism, Post-Modern, Contemporary Art - The 21st Century 

Lesson #7

Day 1

Apr 23

Reading: Chapters 28 and 29, pages 965 - 1023

Lecture/discussion: Pop, Op, Conceptualism, Postmodernism
Day 2 Apr 27 Prom Day Off for Seniors
Day 3 Apr 29 Lecture/discussion: Pop, Op, Conceptualism, Postmodernism
Day 4 May 4 Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.
Day 5 May 6 Assigned Power Point Presentations due today.
Day 6 May 8 No Classes for Seniors/All school Senior Farewell day.
Day 7 May 12 Final Portfolio Turn-In and Take-Home Final Exam Turn In.