Senior Showcase, 2018
AP ART HISTORY
Course Description:
This course invites students to actively engage with the global art world from prehistory to the present. Students learn and apply skills of visual, contextual, and comparative analysis to explore a variety of art forms from diverse traditions and cultures. Through an ongoing investigation of the purpose, function and value of art, the course develops a student's ability to articulate visual and art historical concepts in verbal and written form. The curriculum framework outlines big ideas and essential questions guiding an exploration through 250 works of art from 10 content areas.
This course is approved by College Board and is designed to meet the requirements of a 2-semester introductory college level course.
apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-art-history
Required Text:
Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Enhanced 15th Edition ISBN # 978-1285754994
Copies of this text are available through the school.
*** College Board's required course content is represented with an image set of 250 works of art. This text does not include all 250 images, yet students are responsible for using other available resources for additional research.
Supplemental Resources:
Strickland, Carol, The Annotated Mona Lisa ISBN # 0-8362-8005-9
Personalize your learning with Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org
Here you will find links to practice exercises, instructional videos and articles for the 250 required works of art for the AP Art History course and exam.
Heilbrun Timeline of Art History www.metmuseum.org/toah/ A thematic and global history through the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection
This course is approved by College Board and is designed to meet the requirements of a 2-semester introductory college level course.
apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-art-history
Required Text:
Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Enhanced 15th Edition ISBN # 978-1285754994
Copies of this text are available through the school.
*** College Board's required course content is represented with an image set of 250 works of art. This text does not include all 250 images, yet students are responsible for using other available resources for additional research.
Supplemental Resources:
Strickland, Carol, The Annotated Mona Lisa ISBN # 0-8362-8005-9
Personalize your learning with Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org
Here you will find links to practice exercises, instructional videos and articles for the 250 required works of art for the AP Art History course and exam.
Heilbrun Timeline of Art History www.metmuseum.org/toah/ A thematic and global history through the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection