Advanced Placement Art History
Themes of AP Art History
Power and Authority, art (including architecture) that conveys this concept
Human Form in Art, works that exemplify the idea of
beauty
Narrative Art, how the work is adapted to emphasize the
function or symbolism of the narrative
Human Experience, how the art represents or describes
human interaction with nature or the perception of nature/violence/rituals/propaganda/social
classes
Art in Context, art that has a specific and meaningful
location or function
Art in Society, art that describes or reflects societal
traditions
Artist is subject-Artist includes himself/herself
as a witness to a narrative event
Art of Making Art- Revolutionary
treatment of pictorial space, creation of movement and tension in battle scenes,
color used to express an idea or a mood, dramatic contrast of dark and light to
enhance the dramatic tension of a narrative, adaptation of a newly discovered or
invented medium or technique
Places as Reservoirs of memories-Burial grounds in
a culture, sacred places such as churches or temples, memorials to dead.
Lithography
Early Photography: Making Daguerreotypes
Calotype Paper Photographic Process
Wet Plate Photography
Monty Python-Art Gallery Strikes
Monty Python-The Last Supper
Van Gogh
Ms. Bolte's AP Art History Page
Extra Credit Options: You may due one extra credit project per quarter. It is worth 15 points.
| Dipylon Vase Activities | Create a Greek red or black figure picture | |
| Draw Like An Egyptian | Design your own Doric temple | Meghan's extra
credit idea! Watch Secrets of the Parthenon from the Smart History site. List 5 things you learned that were not in the textbook. |
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Renaissance Drawing |
Renaissance Game-Patron of the arts
Play the game and list 5 things you learned. |
Vermeer Website for Special Extra Credit Work |
| Create designs for a Geometric style funerary vase for one of the following individuals: King Leonidas, Pericles. Include references to the individual's experiences or achievements. | Create a 3-dimensional work of one of the works of architecture that we study this year. | Watch a documentary film and complete the documentary analysis sheet. |
Watch the full episode. See more The Buddha.
Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii
History power points for background information
“Kubrick: and beyond the cinema frame”An in-depth analysis of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY