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Course: A67-W6 AP Instructor: Mr. Walker [email protected]

Course Description This course is designed to discuss art movements in preparation for the AP Art History Exam. This course will discuss the impact and historical events during each art period from the Paleolithic to the present. Students will have discussions about their perspective of the particular art period. Students are required to research each art period and keep notes in a sketchbook with illustrations of works. This course will use source material from books/readings/texts/slides/videos/web and museum visits to maximize the Students comprehension abilities to understand the importance of art while being conscious of how it effects the present art era. The course will discuss the form, function, content and context of various works from required texts and other source material during each period/movement. The first semester will cover art movements from a global perspective. The second semester will cover art movements from a chronological thematic perspective. The primary goal of the course is to make the student more aware of perceptibility in art history.

Objectives/Aspirations

• To discuss the historical influence of art. • To analyze, describe and perceive concepts of art. • To render/recreate known works of art. • To discuss world history in relation to the art period/movement. • To identify the elements and principles of visual design in works of art. • To understand the importance of patterns in art movements.

Textbook [Required] M. Lazzari. Exploring Art: A Global Thematic Approach. Cengage, 5th edition (2016). J. Burke. The Day the Universe Changed. London Writers Ltd. (1985). Little. ...Isms Understanding Art. Iqon Editions Ltd. (2004).

Supplies Sketchbook[Hardbound recommended over a spiral book for preservation purposes]; H, HB, 4B pencils; pen.

Assignments/Work

1. In-class discussions will allow the student to analyze and apply logic to their opinions about an art period/movement. 2. Students are required to know the title, period/culture, materials and purpose/function of works of art. 3. Students will research each period/movement and write notes in their sketchbook. 4. Students will use textbooks, websites, videos and other source material for research. 5. Students will recreate known works of art. 6. Students will be tested on each movement.

Evaluation Participation 10% Assignment/Student work 40% Final/Finished product/Assessment 50%

OUTLINE OF ART PERIOD/MOVEMENTS This course will cover the following content.

Pre History/Stone Age- Early works of art; megalithic structures; shaman; cave paintings; fertility goddesses; sacred spaces; early astronomy; rituals; agriculture.

Mesopotamian- Ziggurats; warrior art; Gilgamesh; stone narration; standard of ur; gate of Ishtar; Hammurabi's code; statue of Gudea; Babylonia; cuneiform.

Ancient Egypt- Hieroglyph; pyramids and the great sphinx; gods; soul/afterlife focus; perfected ; Karnak; Akhenaten; Nefertiti symmetry; Tutankhamun; obelisks; bureaucracy.

Greek and Helenistic- Architectural orders; ; pottery; coin design; terra-cotta; wars; mythology; Parthenon; armor; philosophy; Pythagoras; Archimedes; Euclid; Socrates; Plato; Aristotle; cults; elements.

Roman- Etruscans; Greek influence; busts; statues; reliefs; medals; ; armor; aqueducts; arch; Pantheon; Colesseum; Trajan's column; Roman ; conquests.

Asian[Indian/Chinese/Japanese] Cave paintings; Jade; weaponry; jars and pottery; Cong cylinders; Bi discs; terra-cotta warriors; meditative art; religions; jade burial suits; Buddhist art; calligraphy; isometric perspective.

African- Expressive individualism in Western African Art; human figure; visual abstraction; ; masks; pattern design; jewelry; rock art; Mali; Dogon; ceremonies; rituals; Beti; Pahuin.

Mesoamerican- Step pyramids; calendars; pictographs; shamanism; Vigesimal system; Paleo-Indian; Olmec; Teotihuacuan; Maya; Aztec; earthworks; anthropomorphism; invaders.

Pacific- Wicker charts; Ancestral representations; pottery; drums; coins of Pyu; Borobudur; jewels; masks; ships; Moai; bark paintings; Aboriginal art and dances; Tangaroa statues; Hei-tiki.

Byzantine/Islamic- Iconoclasm controversy; birth of Islam; Mosque of Córdoba; maze-like design; architecture; Christianity; Western and Eastern; Typology; calligraphy; textiles; Muslim Spain.

Middle Ages/Medieval- Black death; Last phase of early Christian art; Migration period art; Gothic; Romanesque; Insular art; sculpture; stained glass; metal work; mosaics; textiles; Crusades; Hundred Years War; Viking raids.

Early/High - Rebirth of classical culture; 13th and 14th century Italy; Leonardo; Michelangelo; Gates of Paradise; Masaccio; Donatello; portraiture; oil painting; Brunelleschi; Divine Comedy; Raphael; Botticelli.

Venetian/Northern Renaissance- Bellini's workshop; Titian; Giorgione; Dürer; Van Eyck; Bruegel; Bosch; ; English Renaissance; French Renaissance; Polish Renaissance; Caravel; trade influences.

Mannerism- Artifice over nature; literature and music; Pontormo; Fiorentino; Bronzino; Vasari; Cellini; Giambologna; Allori; El Greco; Giuseppe Arcimboldo; architecture; Neo-.

Baroque/- Reubens; Rembrandt; Caravaggio; Palace of Versailles; Protestant Reformation; architecture; art as a weapon in the Religious wars; theatre; music; decoration; interior design; portraiture; sculpture; engraving.

Neoclassicism- Ingres; David; Greco-Roman form; Age of Enlightenment; Industrial Revolution; Descartes; Locke; Spinoza; Voltaire; Kant; American Independence; Encyclopédie; printmaking; Piranesi; fashion.

Romanticism- Scientific rationalization of nature; Friedrich; Delacroix; William Blake; Bierstadt; Moran; Goya; triumph of individuality; American Revolution; French Revolution; salon; literature.

Realism- Courbet; Manet; Degas; Daumier; European Revolutions; Marx; precise, accurate and detailed art; as a depiction of ordinary, everyday subjects; Millet; Homer; social and economic issues.

Impressionism- Monet; Manet; Degas; Renoir; Cézanne; Cassatt; Pissarro; Morisot; Depictions of light qualities.

Japanese Woodblock Printing- Edo Period Art[1603-1868]; Torii School; Hokusai; Hiroshige; Kunisada; Sōsaku-hanga; Shin-hanga.

Post-/Late 19th Century- Van Gogh; Cézanne; Gauguin; Seurat; Toulouse-Lautrec; Pissaro; ; Belle Époque; Vienna ; Freudian; Oceanic influence.

Art Nouveau- Mucha; Klimt; Beardsley; Toulouse-Lautrec; Chéret; Crane; dreams; total art style.

Art Deco//- World War I; art on flat surfaces[Fauvism]; Matisse; Derain; Tamara de Lempicka; Erté; Lozowick; Lawrie; Braque; Munch; Kandinsky; Klee.

Cubism//Related Styles- Picasso; Braque; Gris; Léger; Metzinger; Late works of Cézanne; Duchamp; Boccioni; Balla; Severini; Gertrude Stein; Harlem Renaissance; ; ; Armory Show.

Dada/- Exploring the unconscious; Dali; Duchamp; Ernst; Kahlo; Magritte; Ray; de Chirico; Höch; Cornell; Arp; Tzara; Disillusionment after WWI; readymade; Surrealist Manifestos; Klee; Miro; Spiritualism.

Abstract Expressionism- No form; Rothko; Pollock; Krasner; Rauschenberg; Hoffman; Johns; Still; Stella; de Kooning; Colour Field painting; New York School; Cold War.

Pop Art/- Warhol; Lichtenstein; Johns; Rauschenberg; Haring; Paolozzi; Hamilton; Oldenburg; Blake; Popular art absorbs consumerism.

Postmodernism/Deconsrtuctivism/Current- Conceptualism; Neo-Expressionism; ; Sensationalism; Richter; ; Postminimalism; ; Low Brow art; digital art; multi-media; Basquiat; Close; Lewitt; Hesse; Smithson; Mediata, Hadid; Gehry; Kiefer; art without a center.