Let the beauty we love be what we do.
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What is Art History?
• From the cave ceilings at Lascaux to the computer based imagery of today the history of art is a story based imagery of today, the history of art is a story of the varied forms the human imagination has
taken in painting sculpture architecture and other taken in painting, sculpture, architecture, and other media.
• A central aim of art history is to determine the • A central aim of art history is to determine the
original context of works of art in order to
understand why they look the way they do and understand why they look the way they do and, most importantly, why they were made at all.
About the AP
• The Advanced Placement Art History Course is part of the College Board's Advanced Placement part of the College Board s Advanced Placement Program. • As with other AP courses, AP Art History allows high school students to complete college level g p g work. • Students who take AP courses may receive college course credit.
APAH @ Rye
• Social Studies elective with a record of AP success • Full‐Year Course
• AP Exam in May
• Offered to 11th and 12th grade students • Offered to 11th and 12th grade students
o Artists A E h i o Art Enthusiasts o Students who have never taken an AP o Students with 3 or more AP’s o Boys/Girls
On‐Going Themes
• Integrating Art Beyond the European Tradition Each unit will include key connections to non western – Each unit will include key connections to non‐western
art
• Integrating Art Across Time
• Integrating Art Across Time
– Each unit will feature discussions and a thematic journal writing assignment that connects art from the past with writing assignment that connects art from the past with art from the present
• Integrating constructs of gender and identity in art • Integrating constructs of gender and identity in art
– Each unit will delve in to how notions of gender and identity impact artists patrons viewers and art
The Ancient World
The Ancient World
The Classical World
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Renaissance
Baroque and Rococo
Baroque and Rococo
Neo‐Classicism, Romanticism, Realism
Neo Classicism, Romanticism, Realism
Impressionism and Post‐Impressionism
Impressionism and Post Impressionism
Modern Art to Abstraction
Abstraction to ?
Abstraction to ?
Course Highlights
•
Field Trips to Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Cloisters, and MOMA
•
The Korous/Kore: Live at RHS – The Classical
Version of the Bachelor and Bacherlotte Live
from Athens hostedby Dionysus.
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Sacred Spaces Project – In a format of your
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choosing, compare and contrast the form and
function of Chartres Cathedral, the Mosque at
Kairoun the Stupa at Sanchi and one other
Kairoun, the Stupa at Sanchi, and one other
space you love.
Course Highlights
• Renaissance Gala– Come to class as an artist or patron
from the early Renaissance. Get to know your fellow guests y y g and try to convince them of your genius. Design a party
plan that reflects the diversity of the Renaissance.
• Vermeer Stories – Using one of Vermeer’s paintings, write a Vermeer Stories Using one of Vermeer s paintings, write a piece of fiction that brings this image to life…tell us what s/he is thinking.
• Impressionist Facebook project – Create a mock FB page of an artist in the Impressionist era. Include a gallery,
Course Highlights
•
Pollock T‐shirt Day – Bring in a white t‐shirt
and “paint” it in the style and action of
and paint it in the style and action of
Jackson Pollock.
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A Dinner Party – Design a plate, in honor of
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Judy Chicago’s installation at the Brooklyn
Museum of Art, which represents the life
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and work of a female artist. Share your
plate with the class as we construct this
plate with the class as we construct this
work of art.
Benefits of APAH
Benefits of APAH
• Writing and Talking about Art = Critical Thinking • Lifelong Learners • Connections to future careers – (6 current interns at the Frick) • Student ‐ Centered learning = APAH is fun!Student Voices
Student Voices
“ From the creative project assignments to From the creative project assignments to our field trips to museums, AP Art History is truly a unique class that challenges
is truly a unique class that challenges
students to think and write in ways that they have never done in another class ” they have never done in another class.
“As a first year architecture student, the ,
skills that I learned in APAH have proven to be invaluable in several of my college
courses. The real value of AP Art History, however, is that, unlike some other classes, what you learn regularly extends beyond
“Art History not only taught me the course Art History not only taught me the course material but also taught me to love and appreciate art. I went into the course appreciate art. I went into the course knowing close to nothing of the subject
matter and walked out wishing that I could matter and walked out wishing that I could learn more. The love of art I got out of AP Art History is something that will stay
Art History is something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
“I took AP Art History last year as a junior I took AP Art History last year as a junior and it completely changed my life. I know that seems dramatic but this class taught that seems dramatic, but this class taught me the values of hard work and
determination ” determination.
“AP Art History was probably the most AP Art History was probably the most
important class I’ve taken in high school so far APAH is the only class that has driven far. APAH is the only class that has driven me to pursue its content far beyond the
classroom. “ classroom.
“AP Art History was never a burden; it was “AP Art History was never a burden; it was
a gift that the school blessed me with. I
have a different perspective on history after have a different perspective on history after taking this course. I now think of art as
gifts that history has left behind to remind gifts that history has left behind to remind us of the world’s past achievements; Art History brought the past to life It has
History brought the past to life. It has
taught me about the power of conceptual learning ”