Advanced Placement Art History Syllabus

Mr. Oram

joram@dsdmail.net

Textbooks: Gardners Art Through the Ages Writing About Art by Sylvan Barnet

On-line Resources: Art Study Online - The Book Companion Website Various Museum Web Sites

www.smarthistory.com

In-Class Reference Materials: Groves Dictionary of Art Thames and Hudson series on Art History Davis High School Library resources as directed.

Day 1 Introduction to Art History

Art History Terminology

Writing About Art

Day 2 Chapter One The Birth of Art

Day 3 Chapter Two The Rise of Civilization: The Art of the Ancient Near East (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Day 4 Chapter Two Continued

Day 5 Examination: The Birth of Art & The Ancient Near East - Chapters 1 & 2

Day 6 Chapter Three - Pharaohs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Day 7 Chapter Three Continued

Day 8 Examination: Egyptian Art - Chapter 3 Day 9 Chapter Four - Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric

Aegean

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Day 10 Chapter Five - Gods, Heroes, and Athletes: The Art of Ancient Greece

Day 11 Chapter Five Continued

Day 12 Chapter Five Continued

Day 13 Chapter Five Continued

Day 14 Examination: Greek Art - Chapters 4 & 5

Day 15 Chapter Nine - Italy Before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans

Day 16 Chapter 10 From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient

Rome

Day 17 Chapter 10 Continued

Day 18 Chapter 10 Continued

Day 19 Examination: The Art of Ancient Rome Chapters 9 & 10 Day 20 Chapter 11 Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity

Day 21 Chapter 12 Rome in the East: The Art of Byzantium

Day 22 Chapter 12 Continued

Day 23 Chapter 13 Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic Art (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Day 24 Examination: Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art - Chapters 11, 12 & 13

Day 25 Chapter 16 Europe After the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West

Day 26 Chapter 17 The Age of Pilgrims and Crusaders: Romanesque Art

Day 27 Chapter 17 Continued

Day 28 Chapter 17 Continued

Day 29 Examination: Early Medieval and Romanesque Art - Chapters 16 & 17 Day 30 Chapter 18 The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art

Day 31 Chapter 18 Continued

Day 32 Chapter 18 Continued

Day 33 Chapter 19 From Gothic to Renaissance: The Fourteenth Century in Italy

Day 34 Examination: Gothic and Proto-Renaissance - Chapters 18 & 19 Day 35 Midyear Review

Day 36 MIDYEAR EXAMINATION

Day 37 Chapter 21 Humanism and the Allure of Antiquity: Fifteenth-Century

Italian Art

Day 38 Chapter 21 Continued

Day 39 Chapter 21 Continued

Day 40 Examination: 15th Century Italian Art - Chapter 21

Day 41 Chapter 22 Beauty, Science, and Spirit in Italian Art: The High

Renaissance and Mannerism

Day 42 Chapter 22 Continued

Day 43 Chapter 22 Continued

Day 44 Examination: High Renaissance & Mannerism - Chapter 22

Day 45 Chapter 20 Of Piety, Passion, and Politics: Fifteenth-Century Art in

Northern Europe and Spain

Day 46 Chapter 20 Continued

Day 47 Examination: 15th Century Northern Renaissance - Chapter 20

Day 48 Chapter 23 The Age of Reformation: Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern

Europe and Spain

Day 49 Chapter 23 Continued

Day 50 Chapter 23 Continued

Day 51 Examination: 16th Century Northern Renaissance - Chapter 23

Day 52 Chapter 24 Of Popes, Peasants, Monarchs, and Merchants: Baroque and

Rococo Art

Day 53 Chapter 24 Continued

Day 54 Chapter 24 Continued

Day 55 Chapter 24 Continued

Day 56 Examination: Baroque Art - Chapter 24

Day 57 Chapter 28 The Enlightenment and Its Legacy: Neoclassicism Through the

Mid-Nineteenth Century

Day 58 Chapter 28 Continued

Day 59 Chapter 28 Continued

Day 60 Chapter 28 Continued

Day 61 Examination: Neoclassicism & Romanticism - Chapter 28

Day 62 Chapter 29 The Rise of Modernism: The Later Nineteenth Century

Day 63 Chapter 29 Continued

Day 64 Chapter 29 Continued

Day 65 Examination: The Rise of Modernism - Chapter 29

Day 66 Chapter 33 The Triumph of Modernist Art: The Early Twentieth Century

Day 67 Chapter 33 Continued

Day 68 Chapter 33 Continued

Day 69 Examination: Chapter 33

Day 70 Chapter 34 The Emergence of Postmodernism: The Later Twentieth

Century

Day 71 Chapter 34

Day 72 Examination: Chapter 34 Day 73 to the Exam -- Some of these days will be dedicated to the Non-European art

listed below. You will not read these chapters, but will take careful notes in

class and learn a number of works of art, as well as cultural and stylistic

concerns from these cultures.

Chapter 6 Paths to Enlightenment: The Art of South and Southeast Asia

(Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Chapter 7 Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: The Art of Early China and

Korea (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Chapter 26 Incursions, Restorations, and Transformations: The Art of

Later China and Korea (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Chapter 8 Sacred Statues and Secular Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan

(Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Chapter 27 From the Shoguns to the Present: The Art of Later Japan

(Note: The art of this chapter is considered Non-European)

Chapters 15 & Early and Later African Art (Note: These chapters are

considered Non-European)

Chapters 14, 30 & 31 The Arts of the Americas, Oceania (Note: These

chapters are considered Non-European)

We will also dedicate a number of these days for in-class review for the AP Examination.

TUESDAY, MAY 8th AP EXAMINATION!!!!!