Advanced Placement Art History Syllabus Mr. Oram joram@dsdmail.net Textbooks: Gardner s Art Through the Ages Writing About Art by Sylvan Barnet On-line Resources: Art Study Online - The Book Companion Website Various Museum Web Sites www.smarthistory.com In-Class Reference Materials: Grove s Dictionary of Art Thames and Hudson series on Art History Davis High School Library resources as directed. Day 1 Introduction to Art History Art History Terminology Writing About Art Day 2 Chapter One The Birth of Art Day 3 Chapter Two The Rise of Civilization: The Art of the Ancient Near East Day 4 Chapter Two Continued Day 5 Examination: The Birth of Art & The Ancient Near East - Chapters 1 & 2 Day 6 Chapter Three - Pharaoh s and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt Day 7 Chapter Three Continued Day 8 Examination: Egyptian Art - Chapter 3 Day 9 Chapter Four - Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean
Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Chapter Five - God s, Heroes, and Athletes: The Art of Ancient Greece Day 14 Examination: Greek Art - Chapters 4 & 5 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Chapter Nine - Italy Before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans Chapter 10 From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient Rome Chapter 10 Continued Chapter 10 Continued Day 19 Examination: The Art of Ancient Rome Chapters 9 & 10 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Chapter 11 Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity Chapter 12 Rome in the East: The Art of Byzantium Chapter 12 Continued Chapter 13 Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic Art (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European) Day 24 Examination: Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art - Chapters 11, 12 & 13 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Chapter 16 Europe After the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West Chapter 17 The Age of Pilgrims and Crusaders: Romanesque Art Chapter 17 Continued Chapter 17 Continued Day 29 Examination: Early Medieval and Romanesque Art - Chapters 16 & 17 Day 30 Day 31 Chapter 18 The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art Chapter 18 Continued
Day 32 Day 33 Chapter 18 Continued Chapter 19 From Gothic to Renaissance: The Fourteenth Century in Italy Day 34 Examination: Gothic and Proto-Renaissance - Chapters 18 & 19 Day 35 Midyear Review Day 36 Day 37 Day 38 Day 39 MIDYEAR EXAMINATION Chapter 21 Humanism and the Allure of Antiquity: Fifteenth-Century Italian Art Chapter 21 Continued Chapter 21 Continued Day 40 Examination: 15 th Century Italian Art - Chapter 21 Day 41 Day 42 Day 43 Chapter 22 Beauty, Science, and Spirit in Italian Art: The High Renaissance and Mannerism Chapter 22 Continued Chapter 22 Continued Day 44 Examination: High Renaissance & Mannerism - Chapter 22 Day 45 Day 46 Chapter 20 Of Piety, Passion, and Politics: Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain Chapter 20 Continued Day 47 Examination: 15 th Century Northern Renaissance - Chapter 20 Day 48 Day 49 Day 50 Chapter 23 The Age of Reformation: Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain Chapter 23 Continued Chapter 23 Continued Day 51 Examination: 16 th Century Northern Renaissance - Chapter 23 Day 52 Chapter 24 Of Popes, Peasants, Monarchs, and Merchants: Baroque and Rococo Art
Day 53 Day 54 Chapter 24 Continued Chapter 24 Continued Day 55 Chapter 24 Continued Day 56 Examination: Baroque Art - Chapter 24 Day 57 Day 58 Day 59 Day 60 Chapter 28 The Enlightenment and Its Legacy: Neoclassicism Through the Mid-Nineteenth Century Day 61 Examination: Neoclassicism & Romanticism - Chapter 28 Day 62 Day 63 Day 64 Chapter 29 The Rise of Modernism: The Later Nineteenth Century Chapter 29 Continued Chapter 29 Continued Day 65 Examination: The Rise of Modernism - Chapter 29 Day 66 Day 67 Day 68 Chapter 33 The Triumph of Modernist Art: The Early Twentieth Century Chapter 33 Continued Chapter 33 Continued Day 69 Examination: Chapter 33 Day 70 Chapter 34 The Emergence of Postmodernism: The Later Twentieth Century Day 71 Chapter 34 Day 72 Examination: Chapter 34 Day 73 to the Exam -- Some of these days will be dedicated to the Non-European art listed below. You will not read these chapters, but will take careful notes in class and learn a number of works of art, as well as cultural and stylistic concerns from these cultures.
Chapter 6 Paths to Enlightenment: The Art of South and Southeast Asia Chapter 7 Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: The Art of Early China and Korea Chapter 26 Incursions, Restorations, and Transformations: The Art of Later China and Korea Chapter 8 Sacred Statues and Secular Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan Chapter 27 From the Shoguns to the Present: The Art of Later Japan (Note: The art of this chapter is considered Non-European) Chapter s 15 & Early and Later African Art (Note: These chapters are considered Non-European) Chapter s 14, 30 & 31 The Arts of the Americas, Oceania (Note: These chapters are considered Non-European) We will also dedicate a number of these days for in-class review for the AP Examination. TUESDAY, MAY 8th AP EXAMINATION!!!!!