AP ART HISTORY
The American artist Sol Lewitt once commented, “One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.”
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Online Textbook Companion - Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History, 13th Edition - Optional
List of all 250 required AP artworks with links to resources
Met Museum Timeline of Art History
Summer Assignments
Summer #1 - Art History/Visual Literacy Guide
Summer #2 - Art Museum/Gallery Visit
Summer #3 - Kahn Academy Start Here Complete the lessons on this page - Take notes
Fall Semester
Week 1 - Unit 1: Global Prehistory: 30,000-500 B.C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Resources:
Reading - Chapter 1 (Gardner)
Listen to Podcast: Prehistoric Art
Complete: Slideshow - Prehistoric
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 1 Progress Check: MCQ Open August 23
Slideshow, FRQ's, & Progress Check due Aug 23
Week 2 - 3 - Unit 2: Ancient Mediterranean: 3500 B.C.E.-300 C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Resources:
Reading - Chapters 2-5 (Gardner)
Listen to Podcast:
Complete: Slideshow - Ancient Mediterranean
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B Open Sept 5th/6th
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 2 Progress Check: MCQ Open Sept 5th/6th
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Sept 5th/6th
Week 4 - 5 - 6 - Unit 3: Early Europe & Colonial Americas: 200-1750 C.E.(Kahn Academy Link)
Resources:
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Listen to Podcast:
Northern Europe and Spain 1500-
Native Arts of the Americas Before 1300
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B Open Sept 25th/26th
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 3 Progress Check: MCQ Open Sept 27th
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Sept 27th
Week 6 - 7 - 8 - Unit 4: Later Europe & The Americas: 1750-1980 C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Resources:
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Listen to Podcasts:
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B Open Oct 23rd/24th
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 4 Progress Check: MCQ Open Oct 25th
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Oct 25th
Week 9 - Unit 5: Indigenous Americas: 1000 B.C.E.–1980 C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B Open Oct 30th/31st
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 5 Progress Check: MCQ
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Nov 1st
Week 10 - Unit 6: Africa: 1100-1980 C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Complete: Blog Discussion
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 6 Progress Check: MCQ
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Nov. 8th
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The units below will Not be on the AP Exam due to COVID 19 quarantine.
Week 11 - Unit 7: West & Central Asia: 500 B.C.E.-1980 C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Complete: Blog Discussion
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 7 Progress Check: MCQ
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Nov. 15th
Week 12 - 13 Unit 8: South, East, & Southeast Asia: 300 B.C.E.-1980 C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Listen to Podcasts:
Complete: Blog Discussion
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 8 Progress Check: MCQ
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Dec. 2
Week 14 - Unit 9: The Pacific: 700-1980 C.E. (Kahn Academy Link)
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Complete: Blog Discussion
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 9 Progress Check: MCQ
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Dec 6
Week 15 - Unit 10: Global Contemporary:1980 C.E. to Present (Kahn Academy Link)
Overview - 11% (27 works)
Reading - Chapters that cover this time period (Gardner)
Complete: Blog Discussion
Complete: Slideshow
Complete: FRQ Part A FRQ Part B
Complete: AP Classroom - Unit 10 Progress Check: MCQ
Slideshow, FRQ's, & MCQ Progress Check due Dec 13th
Week 16 -Review & Exam
Final Exam Study Guide
Collaborative Project: Due TBD
Semester 1 Final Exam
Spring Semester
Week 1 - Due 01/13
Continue practice tests in Kahn's
Week 2 - Due 01/20
AP Art Essay Themes: Ceremony and Society
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Week 3 - Due 01/27
AP Art Essay Themes: Converging Cultures (Cultural Influences)
Continue practice tests in Kahn's
Week 4 - Due 02/03
AP Art Essay Themes: Cosmology & Belief (Religion)
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Week 5 - Due 02/17
AP Art Essay Themes: Natural World
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Week 6 - Due 02/24
AP Art Essay Themes: Conflict and Resistance (Politics/Social/Human Condition)
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Week 7 - Due 03/02
AP Art Essay Themes: Urban Experience
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Week 8 - Due 03/09
AP Art Essay Themes: Portraits
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Week 9 - Due 03/17
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Week 10 - Due 03/23
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Week 11 - Due 03/30
AP Art Essay Themes: Domestic Life
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Week 12 - Due 04/06
AP Art Essay Themes: Dreams & Visions
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Week of April 6th - AP Mock Exam - 2 Class Periods
Week 13 - Due 04/13
AP Art Essay Themes: History & Memory
Continue practice tests in Kahn's
Weeks 14 - Due 04/20
Study for Exam: Review all materials
Continue practice tests in Kahn's
AP Exam - Tuesday, May 8th at 12:00 pm
Week 18 - do the I'm all done with AP Art History Victory Dance! Whooo Hoooo! You Rock!
Documents
AP PRACTICE
Presentations
Podcasts:
South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
South and Southeast Asia After
Vodcasts:
Ancient
Collaborative Knowledge of the Ancient World
The Visual Narrative of the Standard of UR
Ancient Greece
The Classical Movement and Beyond
Black, Red and White: The Evolution of Vase Painting
Athenian Ideals and the Parthenon on the Acropolis
Ancient Rome
Concrete and the Revolution of Roman Building Techniques
The Maison Carre and the Roman Republican Temple
Medieval
The Roman Legacy of St Michael's of Hildesheim
The Localization of Medieval Style: Three Visions of Saint Matthews
Byzantine
Romanesque
The embroidered Illumination of the Bayeux Tapestry
The Difference Between Romanesque and Gothic Architecture
Gothic Architecture and It's Legacy
Renaissance
The Progression from Byzantine to Early Renaissance Style: Cimabue and Duccio
Revisiting the Limbourg Brother's Les Tres Riches Heures
Baroque
Gender and the Artist: The Case of Artemisia Gentileschi
Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez
Modern
Radical Form, Radical Content: Manet's Olympia
Women and the Impressionist Movement: Cassatt and Morisot
From Artists' Aid to Art Itself: A Brief History of Photography
Twentieth Century
The Expressionism of Matisse and Kirchner
A Turn Towards Cubism: Picasso's Les Demoiselles d"Avignon
Contemporary
Media Explosion: Performance, Earthworks, Film, and Digital Media
Art Movements
- - Timeline - -
Pre-Renaissance
The Renaissance
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Design
The Golden Age of Illustration
20th Century
Realism Reinvented
Modernism
General Fine Art Links
Database of hundreds of famous landscape paintings, geocoded and integrated with Google Maps and Bing Maps.
Advocate for the conservation and stewardship of historically significant works of art
Some artist/performer friends from Germany who are based at a small Theatre owned by the art promotor
Comedian Jan Ditgen (Dr. Jens Wegmann)
For over 90 years, artists have turned to Blick Art Materials for dependable
savings, a huge selection, and fine customer service on art supplies.
German Verzeichnis für Kunst und Kultur ("Art and Culture Directory")
Susan M. Olmetti, Artist and Designer
Chris Witcombe's Art History Resources on the Web
Massive collection of web links
Foundlocally.com: Calgary businesses, shopping, attractions and events
Abbrescia Fine Art & Pottery Studios
Lawrence House Centre For The Arts, Sarnia, Ontario
The Lilith Gallery of Toronto - Feminist, Political and Gothic Art
Betty's Art Gallery - Original Acrylic Paintings
Cerejido - Art inspired by music and the images music generates
Photorealistic Toy Paintings of Cesar Santander
Artist, Painter and Poet J. Matar
Art and Paintings of Michael Lasoff
Something interesting, every day
Tour the personal galleries of today's leading ceramic sculptors
Bayberry Designs Custom Frames & Limited Edition Prints
L. Diane Johnson, PSA: Original Paintings
Marilyn Kirsch: Painting and Work on Paper
Potpourri of Art by Les and Erna Kaluza
Swiss painter and printmaker
Christus Rex, Vatican City Museums
1st Encounters: Art that will amuse, amaze, and sometimes terrify
Caesar Ubertino: Canadian Sculptor
gallerypage.com Online Art Gallery and Store
The Grey Gallery: Women Artists Since WWII
ENstudio.com - Ernst Neizvestny Studio
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Education World: Where Educators Go To Learn
World Fine Art Gallery of New York
Art Cellar Exchange: The Global Art Consultancy
Primavera Gallery, Cambridge, England
Elizabeth Hack: Wave Series Paintings
ArtRoots.com - For the Love of Fine Art
The Digital Giraffe: A Monthly Art Journal
Art from Brazil: Brazilian Art & Craft Gallery
Col. Jirayr H. Zorthian: Painting/Sculpture/Architecture/Ranching
All Things Ukrainian Imported Crafts
Arts Madis: Artwork by Darrell Madis
Dornberg Impressionism Paintings
Welcome to Sosin & Sosin Gallery
I.A. Keer: The Art of Furniture
Contemporary Artist Drew McRitchie
Albert H. Krehbiel, American Impressionist
Open-source clip art project.