AP Art History

Syllabus

AP Art History Syllabus 2020-21

Instructor: Melinda Darrow, Room 283

Primary Text:Kleiner, Fred S., Christin J. Mamiya, Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. 12^thed. (Thomson/Wadsworth)

Supplemental Texts:

The Annotated Mona Lisa, Carol Strickland History of Art, Janson

The Annotated Arch, Carol Strickland The Story of Art, Gombrich

Art History, Marilyn Stokstad Various web articles

Course Description: The AP Art History course explores such topics as the nature of art, its uses, its meanings, art making, and responses to art. Through investigation of diverse artistic traditions of cultures from prehistory to the present, the course fosters in-depth and holistic understanding of art from a global perspective. Students learn and apply skills of visual, contextual, and comparative analysis to engage with a variety of art forms, constructing understanding of individual works and interconnections of art-making processes and products throughout history.

Student Assessment:

Daily Grades/Participation (30%):

Reading and lecture quizzes

Short essays

Sketchbook/Journal activities and drawings

Notebook checks

Class participation (taking notes, asking and answering questions, individual/pair/group work)

Major Grades (70%):

Exams

Presentations

Research papers

Longer essays

Contextual Analysis Notebook

Required review cards

Make-up Work: Please refer to the Student Handbook for school policies. It is always the student’s responsibility to arrange for make-up work when absent.

Classroom Management: Because of the amount and depth of material covered, close attention to the lesson is required. No game playing on iPads or other electronic devices is allowed except when authorized by the instructor.

Supplies Needed: You are invited to do your work electronically, in traditional format, or in a combination of the two. You are welcome to print out any handouts that you wish to have.

Traditional note-taking in class:

• Printed out CAN pages (CAN stands for Comparative Analysis Notebook)

• Pens, pencils, highlighters

Electronic note-taking in class (possible apps to use, all free; you may also find another you like):

• Annotated CAN pages in Google Classroom that you open in Notability

Traditional Sketchbook:

• Blank sketchbook or journal

• Colored pencils or watercolors

Electronic Sketchbook (you may find another you prefer):

• Apple Notes on your iPad

Traditional Comparative Analysis Notebook:

• 3-ring notebook, 2” minimum, dividers

• printer paper

• pens, pencils, highlighters

• colored pens or pencils

Electronic Comparative Analysis Notebook (

• Save CAN pages to a folder in Notability, which will eventually sync back to Google Drive

AP ART HISTORY: UNITS OF STUDY

(See Calendar on Teacher Website for Date of Each Lesson and Test)

SEMESTER ONE

Unit 1 Prehistoric, Ancient Near East

Unit 2 Egypt

Unit 3 Greece, Rome, Etruscans

Unit 4 Early Christian/Islam

Unit 5 Medieval

Unit 6 Asia

Unit 7 Renaissance

Unit 8 Late Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque

SEMESTER TWO

Unit 9 Rococo, Enlightenment, Neoclassical

Unit 10 Romanticism, Rise of Modernism

Unit 11 The Americas

Unit 12 Africa

Unit 13 Oceania

Unit 14 The Shocking New—20^th Century

Unit 15 Modern Multicultural

Class Calendar

Google Classroom

Westlake High School utilizes the Google Classroom platform to share classroom resources, many assignments, and assessment preparation materials to students. WHS students will receive a classroom code to access these materials, submit assignments, and track any missing work.

Here are your class codes to access your Google Classroom. Feel free to log into your class period before the first day of school.

Period 1: guonfjj

Period 2: dduknrh

Period 3: 4wcbwlx

Period 4: j2nkfwf