Art History-AP Syllabus 2011-2012
Course Objectives
1. Develop a new way of “Seeing” Art—It is important to understand that art should not only be considered visually, but also in the context of socio-political influences unique to the environment in which the art was created. Students will learn to evaluate the influence of such forces as politics, religion, patronage, gender, function, and ethnicity on the creation of art.
2. Acquire an Art Vocabulary—In order to analyze art visually and contextually, students should acquire an appropriate vocabulary for referring to art principles, elements, media, techniques and time periods.
3. A Comprehensive Study of Art History—Students will view and analyze works of art from prehistoric to modern time periods. The study of art history is a global discipline and includes the Western or European tradition, as well as art from other cultures and continents.
4. Integrate Technology with the Study of Art History—Students should establish a working knowledge of how technology can be used to further the study of Art History.
5. Understand How “The Business of Art” Relates to the Study of Art History—Art History students will assist Studio Art Students with the end of the year Exhibition.
6. Pass the Art History AP Exam—Active participation in this course will give students the necessary skills and knowledge to pass the AP Art History Exam with a 3 or higher.
Required Textbook
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages., Fred S. Kleiner & Christin J. Mamiya, 13 th Ed.(2009)
This textbook is provided on loan for all students taking the course. Loaned materials are returned at the end of the year. Students will be fined for missing or damaged items.
Supplemental Texts
These texts are also available for resource in the classroom.
Art Past, Art Present., David G. Wilkins, et al., 5th Ed., (2005)
The Visual Arts: A History., Hugh Honour & John Fleming., 7th Ed., (2005)
Art Across Time., Laurie Schneider Adams., 3rd E., (2007)
Art History., Marilyn Stokstad, 3rd Ed., (2008)
Student Evaluation
Six Weeks
Three tests (20% Each) 60%
Daily Assignments 40%
____
100%
Semester Exam
A Semester exam grade is given for turning in a complete notebook with all assignments, notes and exams.
1. Develop a new way of “Seeing” Art—It is important to understand that art should not only be considered visually, but also in the context of socio-political influences unique to the environment in which the art was created. Students will learn to evaluate the influence of such forces as politics, religion, patronage, gender, function, and ethnicity on the creation of art.
2. Acquire an Art Vocabulary—In order to analyze art visually and contextually, students should acquire an appropriate vocabulary for referring to art principles, elements, media, techniques and time periods.
3. A Comprehensive Study of Art History—Students will view and analyze works of art from prehistoric to modern time periods. The study of art history is a global discipline and includes the Western or European tradition, as well as art from other cultures and continents.
4. Integrate Technology with the Study of Art History—Students should establish a working knowledge of how technology can be used to further the study of Art History.
5. Understand How “The Business of Art” Relates to the Study of Art History—Art History students will assist Studio Art Students with the end of the year Exhibition.
6. Pass the Art History AP Exam—Active participation in this course will give students the necessary skills and knowledge to pass the AP Art History Exam with a 3 or higher.
Required Textbook
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages., Fred S. Kleiner & Christin J. Mamiya, 13 th Ed.(2009)
This textbook is provided on loan for all students taking the course. Loaned materials are returned at the end of the year. Students will be fined for missing or damaged items.
Supplemental Texts
These texts are also available for resource in the classroom.
Art Past, Art Present., David G. Wilkins, et al., 5th Ed., (2005)
The Visual Arts: A History., Hugh Honour & John Fleming., 7th Ed., (2005)
Art Across Time., Laurie Schneider Adams., 3rd E., (2007)
Art History., Marilyn Stokstad, 3rd Ed., (2008)
Student Evaluation
Six Weeks
Three tests (20% Each) 60%
Daily Assignments 40%
____
100%
Semester Exam
A Semester exam grade is given for turning in a complete notebook with all assignments, notes and exams.
Calendar and Reading Schedule
1st Six Weeks— Unit I: Ancient Art
August 22—Introduction to Course/Expectations
Book Checkout
AP Contracts
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1-13, Writing About Art (WAA) pp. 1-13
The Questions Art Historians Ask
August 23—Methodology
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 15-23
People paint before…essay
August 24—Prehistoric Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 24-38
Chauvet essay or Stonehenge/Holt essay
August 25—Sumerian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 39-44
Activity 1:1 Sumerian Art (in class)
Soundbox essay or Baghdad essay
August 26—Akkadian and Babylonian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 45-47, WAA pp.14-23
Activity 1:2 Hammurabi’s Code (in class)
Kings as God’s Essay
August 29—Assyrian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 48-52
Activity 1:3 Assyrian Art (in class)
August 30—Neo-Babylonian and Persian Art
Activity 1:4 Ancient Art Review
August 31—Test Unit I #1—Prehistoric and the Ancient Near East
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 53-56, 62-64
September 1—Egyptian Predynastic Old Kingdom Art and Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 56-61
Activity 1:5 Egyptian Art (in class)
Think Ahead Essay
September 2—Egyptian Old Kingdom Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 64-67
Old Kingdom questions
Activity 1:6 Egyptian Architecture
September 6—Egyptian Middle Kingdom Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 67-73
Middle Kingdom questions
September 7—Egyptian New Kingdom Art during Hatshepsut and Ramses
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 73-78
Online research essay
Activity 1:7 Egyptian Sculpture
September 8—Akhenaton and Tutankhamen
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 81-90
Activity 1:9 King Tutankhamen’s Tomb (in class)
September 9—Minoan Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 90-96
Activity 1:10 (in class)
Comparison Essay
September 12—Mycenaean Art
Archeologists essay (Due 9-16)
Activity 1:8 Ancient Art Vocabulary Review
Activity 1:11 Ancient Art Review
September 13—Test Unit I #2—Egypt and the Aegean
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 105-113, 117-118
September 14—Greek Archaic Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 118-125
Archaic Art essay
September 15—Greek Classical Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 125-134
Activity 1:12 Greek Classical Art
Phi project
September 16—Parthenon and Parthenon Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 137-144
Activity 1:13 Greek Architecture
Activity 1:14 The Parthenon
September 19—Late Classical Greek Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 147-149
Activity 1:15 Praxiteles
September 20--Pergamon Altar
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 145-146, 149-154
Activity 1:16 Parthenon, Pergamon Altar (in class)
Gallic Chieftain essay
September 21—Greek Hellenistic Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 99-105, 114-116, 134-137
Activity 1:17 Nike of Samrothce (in class)
Greek summary essay
September 23—Greek Pottery
Activity 1:18 Greek Art Review
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 223-234
Francois Vase questions
September 26—Etruscan Art
Etruscan/Greek temple comparison
September 27—Test Unit I #3—Ancient Greece and Etruscan
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 237-244
September 28—Roman Republican Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 254-263
Roman Republican realism
September 29—Roman Early Imperial Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 244-253
Augustus contemporaries
September 30/October 3--Pompeii and Pompeian Painting
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 263-276
Pompeii Film (in class)
Activity 1:20 Roman Painting
October 4— Roman High Imperial Art and Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 276-286
Roman concrete essay
Activity 1:21 Roman Architecture
October 5—Roman Late Imperial Art
October 6—Unit I Test #4—Roman Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 289-295
2nd Six Weeks—Unit II: Medieval Art
October 10—Early Christian and Early Jewish Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 295-308
Activity 2:2 Junius Bassus
October 11—Early Christian Architecture under Constantine
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 312-322
Activity 2:1 Medieval Architecture
October 12—Early Byzantine Art under Justinian
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 322-327
Activity 2:3 Medieval Architecture
October 13—Byzantine Icons
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 327-338
Activity 2:4 Roman and Medieval Art Review
October 14— Middle and Late Byzantine Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 341-349
Activity 2:5 Byzantine Images of the Pantocrator (in class)
Classical influences in Byzantine Art
October 17—Islamic Art Introduction
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 350-362
Activity 2:6 Islamic Architecture (in class)
Compare and contrast
October 18—Islamic Architecture
Activity 2:7 Islamic Art (in class)
October 19—Test Unit II #1—Early Christian, Jewish, Byzantine, & Islamic Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 408-415
October 20—Early Medieval Art from the Migration Period
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 415-421
Activity 2:8 Medieval Manuscripts (in class)
Similarities essay
October 21—Carolingian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 422-428
Activity 2:9 Arch of Constantine/Lorsch Gatehouse (in class)
Self-contained communities essay
October 24—Ottonian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 431-440
Activity 2:10 St. Michael’s, Hildesheim (in class)
Activity 2:11 Bishop Bernward’s Doors
October 25—Romanesque Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 440-453
Activity 2:12 Pisa Cathedral
October 26—Romanesque Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 453-458
Activity 2:13 Romanesque Portal Sculpture (in class)
Romanesque Portal essay
October 27—Romanesque Painting
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 461-469, 470-479
Activity 2:14 Medieval Art Review
October 28—French Gothic Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 486-494
Activity 2:15 Notre Dame, Paris (in class)
Modern Gothic influence
October 31—Gothic Architecture outside France, Gothic Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 497-516
Activity 2:16 Medieval Architecture Review
November 1— Gothic Sculpture, Gothic Painting, Sienese Painting
Activity 2:17 Gothic Sculpture (in class)
Activity 2:19 Cimabue, Giotto (in class)
Activity 2:20 Pietro Lorenzetti (in class)
Activity 2:16 Medieval Art Vocabulary Review
November 2—Test Unit II #2—Medieval, Romanesque, & Gothic Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 519-529
3rd Six Weeks—Unit III: Renaissance Art
à November 8—Introduction to Northern Renaissance
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 529-539
o Activity 3:1 Christus (in class)
à November 9—Jan van Eyck
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 637-639
o Activity 3:2 Van Eyck (in class)
o Humanization essay
à November 10—Van der Weyden, Bosch
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 541-544, 548-549
o Activity 3:3 Van der Weyden (in class)
à November 11—Competition Panels of the Florence Baptistery
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 562-568, 572-574
o Activity 3:4 Ghiberti, Bruelleschi
à November 12—Italian Renaissance Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 545-549
o Activity 3:5 Gothic, Renaissance Architecture (in class)
à November 15—Donatello
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 553-556, 559
o Activity 3:6 Gattamelata, Marcus Aurelius (in class)
à November 16—Masaccio, Uccello
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 556-559, 559-562
o Activity 3:7 Masaccio
à November 17—Botticelli, Castagno, Ghirlandaio
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 568-572, 574-576
o Activity 3:8 Castagno (in class)
à November 18—Perino, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 549-551, 561-562
à November 19—Verrocchio, Pollaiolo, Signorelli
o Activity 3:9 Renaissance Art Vocabulary Review
o Activity 3:10 Renaissance Art Review
à November 22—Test, Early Italian Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 579-584
à November 23—Leonardo
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 597-604, 584-587
o Activity 3:11 Leonardo da Vinci
à November 29—High Renaissance Architecture, Raphael
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 588-604, 599-600
o Activity 3:13 Renaissance Palaces
o Activity 3:15 Raphael
o Compare and contrast
à November 30—Michelangelo I, II
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 604-612
o Activity 3:14 The Sistine Chapel
o Activity 3:16 St. Peter’s
à December 1—Bellini, Giogione, Titian
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 612-622
o Activity 3:17 Renaissance Altar Pieces
o Venetian Artists essay
o Activity 3:18 Titian
à December 2—Mannerism, Venice, Palladio
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 625-628, 632-634, 642-643
o Activity 3:19 High Renaissance, Mannerism Review
o Activity 3:20 Veronese (in class)
o Activity 3:21 The Last Supper (in class)
o Activity 3:22 Renaissance Architecture (in class)
à December 3—Northern European Art: 16th Century, Holbein, Breugel
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 628-632
o Activity 3:24 Renaissance Vocabulary Review
à December 6—Durer
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 634-646
o Activity 3:23 Printmaking
à December 7— Renaissance in Spain, France, Netherlands
o Activity 3:25 Renaissance Art Review
à December 8-13
o The Agony and the Ectasy
à December 14-17—3rd Six Weeks Test, High Renaissance and Mannerism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 649, 658-662
4th Six Weeks—Unit IV: Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical Art
à January 3—Caravaggio, Gentileschi
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 657-658, 662-665
à January 4—Carracci and Baroque Ceiling Painters
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 649-655
à January 5—Bernini
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 655-657
à January 6—Borromini and Baroque Church Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 665-678
à January 7—Rubens, Van Dyck, Velazquez
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 679-683, 686-688
à January 10—Dutch Painters of the Baroque, Hans, Ruisdael
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 683-686
à January 18—Rembrandt
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 688-691
à January 19—Vermeer
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 691-696, 744-745 (Old Book)
à January 20—Poussin, Claude, Riguad
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 696-702
à January 21—Baroque Palace Architecture
à January 24—Tiepolo and the German Baroque
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 757-765
à January 25—Test Unit IV #1 Baroque
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 752-757
à January 26—The Rococo in France
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 766-774
à January 27—Rococo in England, Enlightenment
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 774-784
à January 28—David, Canova
à January 31—Neoclassicism in England and the U.S.
à February 1—Test Unit IV #2—Rococo and The Enlightenment
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 784-785
Unit V: Romantic Through Modern Art à February 2—Introduction to Romanticism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 778-783. 788-792
à February 3—Gros, Gericault, Delacroix, Ingres
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 786-788
à February 4—Goya
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 793-796
à February 5-8--Goya’s Ghosts
à February 9—Romantic Landscape Painting
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 796-798
à February 10—Romanticism in America
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 810-814
à February 11—Romantic Architecture, Beginnings of Modern Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 815-818
à February 14—Introduction to Photography, Early Photography
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 798-804
à February 15—Realism, Manet
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 804-810
à February 16—Realism in America
à February 17—Unit V Test #1—Romantic thru Realism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 821-827
à February 18—Impressionism: Monet, Renoir, Morisot
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 828-831
à February 21—Japonisme: Cassatt, Degas, Whistler
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 831-836
à February 22—Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Gauguin
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 836-838
à February 23-March 1—Lust for Life
à March 2—Seurat, Cezanne
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 838-843
à March 3—The Symbolists
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 843-845
à March 4—Late 19th Century Sculpture, Early Modern Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 846-850
à March 7—Art Noveau
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 909-917
à March 8—Fauvism, Expressionism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 918-926
à March 9—Cubism: Picasso, Cubism II
à March 10—Unit V Test #2—Impressionism thru Cubism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 926-928, 948-953
à March 11—De Stijl and Futurism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 928-932
à March 21—Dada
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 932-940
à March 22—The Armory Show and Gallery 291
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 940-948
à March 23—Surrealism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 960-966
à March 24—Modern Russian Art, Bauhaus and the International Style
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1002-1003
à March 25—Wright
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 954-960
à March 28—The Depression
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 969-975
à March 29—Abstract Expressionism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 975-980, 1007, 1014-1016
à March 30—Minimalism, Earth Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 980-989
à March 31—Pop Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1002-1008 (omit 1007)
à April 1—Modern Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 994-1002, 1017-1024
à April 4—Feminism, Post-Modern
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1082-1090
à April 5—Video, Digital and Computer Graphic Art
à April 7—Test Unit V #3—Modern Art thru Present
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 157-166, 705-710
6th 6 Weeks—Unit VI: Art Beyond the European Tradition
à April 8—Buddhist Art in India
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 166-178, 710-716
à April 11—Hindu Art in India
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 181-192
à April 12—Chinese Sculpture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 192-204
à April 13—Chinese Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 719-732
à April 14—Chinese Painting
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 207-220
à April 15—Early Japanese Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 735-748
à April 18—Later Japanese Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 365-378
à April 19—Pre-Classic Art of the Americas
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 379-390
à April 20—The Mayans
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 853-868
à April 21—Native Art of the Americas after 1200
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 393-404
à April 25—Early African Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 889-906
à April 26—Later African Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 871-886
à April 27—Oceanic Art
à April 28—Test Unit IV #1
à April 28-May10—Review
à May 11—AP Test
à May 14-20—The Da Vinci Code/ Angels and Demons
à May 24-June 4—Make up time
August 22—Introduction to Course/Expectations
Book Checkout
AP Contracts
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1-13, Writing About Art (WAA) pp. 1-13
The Questions Art Historians Ask
August 23—Methodology
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 15-23
People paint before…essay
August 24—Prehistoric Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 24-38
Chauvet essay or Stonehenge/Holt essay
August 25—Sumerian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 39-44
Activity 1:1 Sumerian Art (in class)
Soundbox essay or Baghdad essay
August 26—Akkadian and Babylonian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 45-47, WAA pp.14-23
Activity 1:2 Hammurabi’s Code (in class)
Kings as God’s Essay
August 29—Assyrian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 48-52
Activity 1:3 Assyrian Art (in class)
August 30—Neo-Babylonian and Persian Art
Activity 1:4 Ancient Art Review
August 31—Test Unit I #1—Prehistoric and the Ancient Near East
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 53-56, 62-64
September 1—Egyptian Predynastic Old Kingdom Art and Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 56-61
Activity 1:5 Egyptian Art (in class)
Think Ahead Essay
September 2—Egyptian Old Kingdom Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 64-67
Old Kingdom questions
Activity 1:6 Egyptian Architecture
September 6—Egyptian Middle Kingdom Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 67-73
Middle Kingdom questions
September 7—Egyptian New Kingdom Art during Hatshepsut and Ramses
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 73-78
Online research essay
Activity 1:7 Egyptian Sculpture
September 8—Akhenaton and Tutankhamen
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 81-90
Activity 1:9 King Tutankhamen’s Tomb (in class)
September 9—Minoan Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 90-96
Activity 1:10 (in class)
Comparison Essay
September 12—Mycenaean Art
Archeologists essay (Due 9-16)
Activity 1:8 Ancient Art Vocabulary Review
Activity 1:11 Ancient Art Review
September 13—Test Unit I #2—Egypt and the Aegean
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 105-113, 117-118
September 14—Greek Archaic Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 118-125
Archaic Art essay
September 15—Greek Classical Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 125-134
Activity 1:12 Greek Classical Art
Phi project
September 16—Parthenon and Parthenon Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 137-144
Activity 1:13 Greek Architecture
Activity 1:14 The Parthenon
September 19—Late Classical Greek Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 147-149
Activity 1:15 Praxiteles
September 20--Pergamon Altar
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 145-146, 149-154
Activity 1:16 Parthenon, Pergamon Altar (in class)
Gallic Chieftain essay
September 21—Greek Hellenistic Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 99-105, 114-116, 134-137
Activity 1:17 Nike of Samrothce (in class)
Greek summary essay
September 23—Greek Pottery
Activity 1:18 Greek Art Review
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 223-234
Francois Vase questions
September 26—Etruscan Art
Etruscan/Greek temple comparison
September 27—Test Unit I #3—Ancient Greece and Etruscan
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 237-244
September 28—Roman Republican Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 254-263
Roman Republican realism
September 29—Roman Early Imperial Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 244-253
Augustus contemporaries
September 30/October 3--Pompeii and Pompeian Painting
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 263-276
Pompeii Film (in class)
Activity 1:20 Roman Painting
October 4— Roman High Imperial Art and Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 276-286
Roman concrete essay
Activity 1:21 Roman Architecture
October 5—Roman Late Imperial Art
October 6—Unit I Test #4—Roman Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 289-295
2nd Six Weeks—Unit II: Medieval Art
October 10—Early Christian and Early Jewish Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 295-308
Activity 2:2 Junius Bassus
October 11—Early Christian Architecture under Constantine
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 312-322
Activity 2:1 Medieval Architecture
October 12—Early Byzantine Art under Justinian
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 322-327
Activity 2:3 Medieval Architecture
October 13—Byzantine Icons
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 327-338
Activity 2:4 Roman and Medieval Art Review
October 14— Middle and Late Byzantine Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 341-349
Activity 2:5 Byzantine Images of the Pantocrator (in class)
Classical influences in Byzantine Art
October 17—Islamic Art Introduction
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 350-362
Activity 2:6 Islamic Architecture (in class)
Compare and contrast
October 18—Islamic Architecture
Activity 2:7 Islamic Art (in class)
October 19—Test Unit II #1—Early Christian, Jewish, Byzantine, & Islamic Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 408-415
October 20—Early Medieval Art from the Migration Period
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 415-421
Activity 2:8 Medieval Manuscripts (in class)
Similarities essay
October 21—Carolingian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 422-428
Activity 2:9 Arch of Constantine/Lorsch Gatehouse (in class)
Self-contained communities essay
October 24—Ottonian Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 431-440
Activity 2:10 St. Michael’s, Hildesheim (in class)
Activity 2:11 Bishop Bernward’s Doors
October 25—Romanesque Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 440-453
Activity 2:12 Pisa Cathedral
October 26—Romanesque Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 453-458
Activity 2:13 Romanesque Portal Sculpture (in class)
Romanesque Portal essay
October 27—Romanesque Painting
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 461-469, 470-479
Activity 2:14 Medieval Art Review
October 28—French Gothic Architecture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 486-494
Activity 2:15 Notre Dame, Paris (in class)
Modern Gothic influence
October 31—Gothic Architecture outside France, Gothic Sculpture
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 497-516
Activity 2:16 Medieval Architecture Review
November 1— Gothic Sculpture, Gothic Painting, Sienese Painting
Activity 2:17 Gothic Sculpture (in class)
Activity 2:19 Cimabue, Giotto (in class)
Activity 2:20 Pietro Lorenzetti (in class)
Activity 2:16 Medieval Art Vocabulary Review
November 2—Test Unit II #2—Medieval, Romanesque, & Gothic Art
Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 519-529
3rd Six Weeks—Unit III: Renaissance Art
à November 8—Introduction to Northern Renaissance
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 529-539
o Activity 3:1 Christus (in class)
à November 9—Jan van Eyck
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 637-639
o Activity 3:2 Van Eyck (in class)
o Humanization essay
à November 10—Van der Weyden, Bosch
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 541-544, 548-549
o Activity 3:3 Van der Weyden (in class)
à November 11—Competition Panels of the Florence Baptistery
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 562-568, 572-574
o Activity 3:4 Ghiberti, Bruelleschi
à November 12—Italian Renaissance Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 545-549
o Activity 3:5 Gothic, Renaissance Architecture (in class)
à November 15—Donatello
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 553-556, 559
o Activity 3:6 Gattamelata, Marcus Aurelius (in class)
à November 16—Masaccio, Uccello
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 556-559, 559-562
o Activity 3:7 Masaccio
à November 17—Botticelli, Castagno, Ghirlandaio
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 568-572, 574-576
o Activity 3:8 Castagno (in class)
à November 18—Perino, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 549-551, 561-562
à November 19—Verrocchio, Pollaiolo, Signorelli
o Activity 3:9 Renaissance Art Vocabulary Review
o Activity 3:10 Renaissance Art Review
à November 22—Test, Early Italian Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 579-584
à November 23—Leonardo
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 597-604, 584-587
o Activity 3:11 Leonardo da Vinci
à November 29—High Renaissance Architecture, Raphael
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 588-604, 599-600
o Activity 3:13 Renaissance Palaces
o Activity 3:15 Raphael
o Compare and contrast
à November 30—Michelangelo I, II
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 604-612
o Activity 3:14 The Sistine Chapel
o Activity 3:16 St. Peter’s
à December 1—Bellini, Giogione, Titian
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 612-622
o Activity 3:17 Renaissance Altar Pieces
o Venetian Artists essay
o Activity 3:18 Titian
à December 2—Mannerism, Venice, Palladio
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 625-628, 632-634, 642-643
o Activity 3:19 High Renaissance, Mannerism Review
o Activity 3:20 Veronese (in class)
o Activity 3:21 The Last Supper (in class)
o Activity 3:22 Renaissance Architecture (in class)
à December 3—Northern European Art: 16th Century, Holbein, Breugel
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 628-632
o Activity 3:24 Renaissance Vocabulary Review
à December 6—Durer
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 634-646
o Activity 3:23 Printmaking
à December 7— Renaissance in Spain, France, Netherlands
o Activity 3:25 Renaissance Art Review
à December 8-13
o The Agony and the Ectasy
à December 14-17—3rd Six Weeks Test, High Renaissance and Mannerism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 649, 658-662
4th Six Weeks—Unit IV: Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical Art
à January 3—Caravaggio, Gentileschi
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 657-658, 662-665
à January 4—Carracci and Baroque Ceiling Painters
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 649-655
à January 5—Bernini
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 655-657
à January 6—Borromini and Baroque Church Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 665-678
à January 7—Rubens, Van Dyck, Velazquez
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 679-683, 686-688
à January 10—Dutch Painters of the Baroque, Hans, Ruisdael
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 683-686
à January 18—Rembrandt
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 688-691
à January 19—Vermeer
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 691-696, 744-745 (Old Book)
à January 20—Poussin, Claude, Riguad
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 696-702
à January 21—Baroque Palace Architecture
à January 24—Tiepolo and the German Baroque
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 757-765
à January 25—Test Unit IV #1 Baroque
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 752-757
à January 26—The Rococo in France
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 766-774
à January 27—Rococo in England, Enlightenment
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 774-784
à January 28—David, Canova
à January 31—Neoclassicism in England and the U.S.
à February 1—Test Unit IV #2—Rococo and The Enlightenment
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 784-785
Unit V: Romantic Through Modern Art à February 2—Introduction to Romanticism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 778-783. 788-792
à February 3—Gros, Gericault, Delacroix, Ingres
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 786-788
à February 4—Goya
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 793-796
à February 5-8--Goya’s Ghosts
à February 9—Romantic Landscape Painting
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 796-798
à February 10—Romanticism in America
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 810-814
à February 11—Romantic Architecture, Beginnings of Modern Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 815-818
à February 14—Introduction to Photography, Early Photography
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 798-804
à February 15—Realism, Manet
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 804-810
à February 16—Realism in America
à February 17—Unit V Test #1—Romantic thru Realism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 821-827
à February 18—Impressionism: Monet, Renoir, Morisot
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 828-831
à February 21—Japonisme: Cassatt, Degas, Whistler
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 831-836
à February 22—Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Gauguin
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 836-838
à February 23-March 1—Lust for Life
à March 2—Seurat, Cezanne
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 838-843
à March 3—The Symbolists
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 843-845
à March 4—Late 19th Century Sculpture, Early Modern Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 846-850
à March 7—Art Noveau
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 909-917
à March 8—Fauvism, Expressionism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 918-926
à March 9—Cubism: Picasso, Cubism II
à March 10—Unit V Test #2—Impressionism thru Cubism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 926-928, 948-953
à March 11—De Stijl and Futurism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 928-932
à March 21—Dada
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 932-940
à March 22—The Armory Show and Gallery 291
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 940-948
à March 23—Surrealism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 960-966
à March 24—Modern Russian Art, Bauhaus and the International Style
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1002-1003
à March 25—Wright
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 954-960
à March 28—The Depression
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 969-975
à March 29—Abstract Expressionism
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 975-980, 1007, 1014-1016
à March 30—Minimalism, Earth Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 980-989
à March 31—Pop Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1002-1008 (omit 1007)
à April 1—Modern Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 994-1002, 1017-1024
à April 4—Feminism, Post-Modern
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 1082-1090
à April 5—Video, Digital and Computer Graphic Art
à April 7—Test Unit V #3—Modern Art thru Present
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 157-166, 705-710
6th 6 Weeks—Unit VI: Art Beyond the European Tradition
à April 8—Buddhist Art in India
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 166-178, 710-716
à April 11—Hindu Art in India
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 181-192
à April 12—Chinese Sculpture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 192-204
à April 13—Chinese Architecture
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 719-732
à April 14—Chinese Painting
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 207-220
à April 15—Early Japanese Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 735-748
à April 18—Later Japanese Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 365-378
à April 19—Pre-Classic Art of the Americas
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 379-390
à April 20—The Mayans
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 853-868
à April 21—Native Art of the Americas after 1200
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 393-404
à April 25—Early African Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 889-906
à April 26—Later African Art
o Reading Assignment: ATTA pp. 871-886
à April 27—Oceanic Art
à April 28—Test Unit IV #1
à April 28-May10—Review
à May 11—AP Test
à May 14-20—The Da Vinci Code/ Angels and Demons
à May 24-June 4—Make up time