Art History Syllabus Instructor Jake Stapleton COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for the highly motivated visual art student that has expressed an interest in completing the AP Art History exam. The course covers art from the Paleolithic period through postmodernism and is designed to provide Phone students with the same material covered in an introductory college course in art history. 525-3100 ext. 318 Students learn to understand works of art through both a contextual and a visual analysis of the major forms of artistic expression from the past and present as well as from a wide variety of cultures. Email [email protected] The yearlong course is designed to be a chronological examination of art through units of study that are adapted from chapters in the textbook: Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner’s Art Through The Ages: A Global History. 13th ed. Boston. MA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2009. Location Room 316 COURSE OBJECTIVES: Office Hours • Think critically about art and how it relates to history 3rd Hour • Understand works of art within the historical context as they relate to issues such After school starting in as politics, religion, patronage, gender, function and ethnicity. October from 3:30-4:30 everyday. • Examine the relationship of context, function and style of art within any given culture. • Demonstrate a mastery of critical analysis of the three major forms of art: architecture, painting, and sculpture in the various cultures studied through a written format. • Identify and convey the interrelationships of the elements and principles of art in visual images. • Describe and identify the various techniques, media, and processes of the three major art forms (architecture, painting, and sculpture). Syllabus • This syllabus is organized to include course content material from the prehistoric world to the present in both Western and non-Western cultures. • This yearlong course is designed to be a chronological examination of art through units of study that are adapted from chapters in the textbook: Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner’s Art Through The Ages: A Global History. 13th ed. Boston. MA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2009. • Weekly time frames indicate specific areas to be covered during the course of study. Full Year, 2014-2015 Page 1 Grading: Grading for AP will be on a point system. Points are totaled to determine the grade for each grading period. The scale is listed below. It is advised that students NOT THROW ANYTHING AWAY. Inadequate and poor planning on the student’s part does not constitute an emergency on the teacher’s part. In short, if you see you are behind and NEED an “A”, plan better and study harder. 100-90% = A 89-80% = B 79-70 % = C 69-60% = D 59% – Below = F Late Work: I will accept late work once. I will give you feedback on late work, but the highest grade you will receive will be a C. Handing in work late deprives you of critical feedback from the class. Plagiarism Plagiarism can involve not only written work but also artwork. In short, your work is your property and visa versa. Plagiarism is a form of cheating. Any time a student uses someone else's work and does not give that person credit, it is plagiarism. Anyone who plagiarizes will receive an “F” on the assignment Week 1 Introduction: What Is Art History? (Pages 1 - 13) Chapter 1: Art Before History (Pages 14 - 30) • Paleolithic Art • Neolithic Art Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 2 Chapter 2: The Ancient Near East (Pages 31 - 52) • Sumer • Akkad and the Third Dynasty of Ur • Second Millennium BCE • Assyria • Neo-Babylonia and Persia Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Full Year, 2014-2015 Page 2 Week 3 Chapter 3: Egypt Under The Pharaohs (Pages 53 - 80) • The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods • The Old Kingdom • The New Kingdom • First Millennium BCE Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 4 Chapter 4: The Prehistoric Aegean (Pages 80 - 98) • Cycladic Art • Minoan Art • Mycenaean Art Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 5 Chapter 5: Ancient Greece (Pages 99 - 156) • Geometric and Orientalizing Periods • Early and High Classical Periods • Late Classical Period • Hellenistic Period Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 6 Chapter 6: South And Southwest Asia Before 1200 (Pages 157 - 180) • India and Pakistan • Southeast Asia Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 7 Chapter 7: China and Korea to 1279 (Pages 181 - 206) • China • Korea Test- Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 8 Chapter 8: Japan Before 1333 (Pages 207 - 222) • Japan Before Buddhism • Buddhist Japan Full Year, 2014-2015 Page 3 Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 9 Chapter 9: The Etruscans (Pages 223 - 236) • Early Etruscan Art • Later Etruscan Art Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. 9-Week Test This test will cover the first 9 chapters. It will include: slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 10 Chapter 10: The Roman Empire (Pages 237 - 288) • Republic • Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius • Early Empire • High Empire • Late Empire Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 11 Chapter 11: Late Antiquity (Pages 289 - 310) • Dura-Europos • The Catacombs and Funerary Art • Architecture and Mosaics • Luxury Arts Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 12 Chapter 12: Byzantium (Pages 311 - 340) • Early Byzantine Art • Middle Byzantine Art • Late Byzantine Art Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 13 Chapter 13: The Islamic World (Pages 341 - 364) Full Year, 2014-2015 Page 4 • Early Islamic Art • Later Islamic Art Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 14 Chapter 14: Native Arts Of The Americas Before 1300 (Pages 365 - 392) • Mesoamerica • Intermediate Area • South America • North America Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 15 Chapter 15: Africa Before 1800 (Pages 393 - 406) • Prehistoric and Early Cultures • 11th to 18th Centuries Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 16 Chapter 16: Early Medieval Europe (Pages 307 - 430) • Art Of The Warrior Lords • Christian Art: Scandinavia, British Isles, Spain • Carolingian Art • Ottonian Art Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to 5 the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 17 Chapter 17: Romanesque Europe (Pages 431 - 460) • France and Northern Spain • Holy Roman Empire • Italy • Normandy and England Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 18 Chapter 18: Gothic Europe (Pages 461 - 496) • French Gothic Full Year, 2014-2015 Page 5 • Gothic Outside of France Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Semester Test This test will cover the first 18 chapters. It will include: slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 19 Chapter 19: Italy, 1200 To 1400 (Pages 497 - 518) • The 13th Century • The 14th Century Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 20 Chapter 20: Northern Europe, 1400 To 1500 (Pages 519 - 540) • Burgundy and Flanders • France • Holy Roman Empire Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 21 Chapter 21: Italy, 1400 To 1500 (Pages 541 - 578) • Florence • The Princely Courts Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam. Week 22 Chapter 22: Italy, 1500 To 1600 (Pages 579 - 624) • High and Late Renaissance • Mannerism Test - Slide identification, multiple choice, and discussion questions related to the content of this week’s material in a format that mimics the AP Exam.