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1 Introduction: This course is open to all 11th and 12th grade students who are willing to accept the challenge of a college level course during their high school studies. This course will offer students a chance to explore issues of history and art aesthetics by learning about the art from cultures throughout the world, making comparisons between the art of Europe and the art of the rest of the world. Students who accept this challenge will walk away with a greater understanding of how art, artists, and their critics function within the culture and will be better prepared for the rigors of advanced level college courses. Curricular Requirements CR1a Students and teachers use a college-level art history textbook See page 1 CR1b Students and teachers use primary sources of different types See pages 3, 9 CR1c Students and teachers use secondary sources See pages 3, 5, 7, 8 CR2 The big ideas and essential questions in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description are used as a conceptual foundation for the course See page 1 CR3 Each of the 10 AP Art History content areas in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description receives explicit attention See pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 CR4 Students have opportunities to engage with all 12 course learning objectives in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description through specific assignments and activities. See pages 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 CR5 Students are provided opportunities to analyze works of art both visually and contextually See pages 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 CR6 Students are provided opportunities to analyze interpretations of works of art from primary or secondary sources See pages 4, 7 CR7 Students are provided opportunities to analyze relationships between works of art across cultures and from different content areas See pages 5, 6, 8 CR8 Students have opportunities to use enduring understanding and essential knowledge statements as a foundation to conduct research on a specific work of art. See page 4 CR9 Students are provided opportunities to experience actual works of art or architecture See page 3, 4, 6, 9

2 AP Art History Texts: [CR1a] F. Kleiner. Art Through the Ages: A Concise Global History: Cengage, 13th edition (2009). Supplemental Texts: Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History, revised 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, AP Art History Image Set (250 works of art) Primary Sources: Sources that originate with or are contemporary with the works of art under discussion (i.e., written documents, performances on video, interviews) Secondary Sources: Sources written by scholars (i.e., journal articles, scholarly videos, museum interpretive materials) Primary and secondary sources will be made available on school-issued student laptops. Course Structure: This course is structured around the big ideas and essential questions from the AP Art History Course and Exam Description. [CR2] [CR2] The big ideas and essential questions in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description are used as a conceptual foundation for the course. Big Idea 1: Artists manipulate materials and ideas to create an aesthetic object, act, or event. Essential Question: What is art and how is it made? Learning Objective1.1: Students differentiate the components of form, function, content, and/or context of a work of art. Learning Objective1.2: Students explain how artistic decisions about art making shape a work of art. Learning Objective1.3: Students describe how context influences artistic decisions about creating a work of art. Learning Objective 1.4: Students analyze form, function, content, and/or context to infer or explain the possible intentions for creating a work of art. Big Idea 2: Art making is shaped by tradition and change. Essential Question: Why and how does art change? Learning Objective 2.1: Students describe features of tradition and/or change in a single work of art or in a group of related works.

3 Learning Objective 2.2: Students explain how and why specific traditions and/or changes are demonstrated in a single work or group of related works. Learning Objective 2.3: Students analyze the influence of a single work of art or group of related works on other artistic production. Big Idea 3: Interpretations of art are variable. Essential Question: How do we describe our thinking about art? Learning Objective 3.1: Students identify a work of art. Learning Objective 3.2: Students analyze how formal qualities and/or content of a work of art elicit(s) a response. Learning Objective 3.3: Students analyze how contextual variables lead to different interpretations of a work of art. Learning Objective 3.4: Students justify attribution of an unknown work of art. Learning Objective 3.5: Students analyze relationships between works of art based on their similarities and differences. 1st 6 Weeks: Content Area 1: Global Prehistory, 30, B.C.E. [CR3] (Ancient Africa, Neolithic Europe, Western Asia, Central and East Asia, Oceania, Americas) 11 works (4%) Experiencing Art: Art making is shaped by convention and innovation. Discussion question: Why and how does art change? Why is some art presented inside a cave or museum while other art is displayed outdoors? Students explain how and why specific artistic conventions and/or innovations are demonstrated in a group of related works at a particular time and place. (Learning Objectives 2.1, 2.2) [CR4] [CR9] [CR4] Students have opportunities to engage with all 12 course learning objectives in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description through specific assignments and activities. [CR9] Students are provided opportunities to experience actual works of art or architecture. Secondary Sources: [CR1c] Apollo 11 stones, KhanAcademy.org, 2015 Stonehenge, KhanAcademy.org, 2015 Prehistoric Art Themes: Art as knowledge and ritual Themes: Is that Person Fat or Pregnant? o Discussion based on What is art? o Discussion on the stylization of form.

4 Content Area 2: Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 B.C.E 300 C.E. [CR3] (Ancient Near East, Dynastic Egypt, Greece, Rome) 36 works (15%) Group Presentation: At the end of this unit, teams of three students collaborate on an illustrated presentation to the class of works they choose from the unit. Each work is analyzed in both visual and contextual terms. [CR5] [CR5] Students are provided opportunities to analyze works of art both visually and contextually. Ancient Near East Themes: Art as Power and Authority Themes: The Sacred Earth Discussion over the development of society and the shift of power due to crops and the art that developed from this shift. Egyptian Art Theme: Art as a vehicle for the afterlife Theme: The Hierarchies of Society Discussion of the canon of art and the persistence of material Introduction to art as an ideal. Unit One Exam: Multiple choice; image identification. (Learning Objective 3.1) Aegean Art Theme: Art as a reflection of life Greek Art of the Geometric, Orientalizing, and Archaic Periods Theme: Artist Influence of Asiatic Art Greek Art of the Classical and Late Classical Periods Theme: Man is the Measure of All Things Hellenistic Greek Art Theme: Individuality versus Humanism/Hubris versus Sophrosyne Etruscan Art Theme: Long Live the Individual Roman Art of the Early Empire Theme: Art as Propaganda Roman Art Theme: My Monument Is Bigger Than Yours Theme: My Face Is Everywhere Because I m the Ruler. Unit Two Exam: Multiple choice, Image identification (Learning Objective 3.1); Mystery images (justify attribution of an unknown work of art) (Learning Objective 3.4). Essay: Art making is shaped by convention and innovation. Students explain how and why specific

5 artistic conventions are demonstrated in two works of art from Content Area 2. (Learning Objective 2.1) 2nd - 3rd 6 Weeks: Content Area 8: South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 B.C.E C.E. [CR3] 21 works (8%) Experiencing Art: Asian Art Scavenger Hunt at the Crow Asian Arts Collection, Dallas, TX. Students choose one work of Asian art from the Crow collection. Students research the work online and write an essay that connects the work to one of the enduring understanding or essential knowledge statements for Content Area 8. [CR8] [CR9] [CR8] Students have opportunities to use enduring understanding and essential knowledge statements as a foundation to conduct research on a specific work of art. [CR9] Students are provided opportunities to experience actual works of art or architecture. Group Presentation: At the end of this unit, teams of three students collaborate on an illustrated presentation to the class of works they choose from the unit. Each work is analyzed in both visual and contextual terms. (Learning Objectives 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 3.5) [CR4] [CR5] [CR4] Students have opportunities to engage with all 12 course learning objectives in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description through specific assignments and activities. [CR5] Students are provided opportunities to analyze works of art both visually and contextually Art of South East Asia Theme: Art as Culture Past, Present, and Future Theme: Bringing the Ideal from one Philosophy to another Development of Flashcards based off of Timeline Art of China Theme: Art as Power and Strict Hierarchy Theme: Art Is Done This Way Because My Ancestors Did It This Way. What is the thing originality? Theme: I Love Spontaneity Art of Japan Theme: My Brush Moves Like Nature Theme: Asymmetrical and Graphic, the Way I Like It! Unit Three Exam: Multiple choice; Image Identification (Learning Objective 3.1); Mystery Images (justify attribution of an unknown work of art) (Learning Objective 3.4). Essay: Discuss how art and

6 architecture were used in the service of empire. Connect empires studied in the previous unit with this one, from the perspective of art in the service of empire. 3rd 4th 6 Weeks Content Area 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas, C.E. [CR3] (Medieval, Islam, Early Modern Western Europe, Early Modern Atlantic World) 51 works (21%) Early Christian Art Theme: Just Take a Bit of the New and a Bit of the Old and Voila, a New Religion s Art. Theme: Art as Transformation Early Byzantine Art Theme: A Golden God Theme: Funk, Flat, and Frontal Middle Byzantine Theme: Kung Fu Lines Late Byzantine Islamic Art Theme: God within Design Early Medieval Art Hiberno-Saxon Theme: Beautiful, small, and knotty Carolingian and Ottonian Theme: Let s Bring Back the Empire Unit Four Exam: Multiple choice, Image identification (Learning Objective 3.1), Mystery Images (justify attribution of an unknown work of art) (Learning Objective 3.4). Essay: students choose one work of art from Content Area 3 AP Art History Sample Syllabus 2 Syllabus v1 6 and fully describe the material(s) and technique(s) used to create it. How did the artist s choices affect the object s appearance, function, and meaning? Compare and contrast with a work from the previous unit. (Learning Objectives 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1) [CR4] [CR4] Students have opportunities to engage with all 12 course learning objectives in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description through specific assignments and activities. Romanesque Art Theme: Lest You be Damned (The Last Judgement)

7 Gothic Art AP Art History Theme: Built to House the Objects We Crusaded For TimeLiner Update due Theme: Bigger, Taller, and Brighter Theme: The Church as Power Theme: Who Says Religion and Reason Can t Get Along Late Gothic Art Theme: The Interests of the Patron over the Church International Style Early Italian Renaissance Theme: Dude, the Greeks and Romans Rock! Theme: My City-State Kicked Your City-States Butt! Theme: Harmonious Proportions Late Northern European Gothic Theme: Where Everything Seems symbolic! Theme: Roman Coins are for the Italians, We Love Expression. Theme: Why Use Fresco When There s Oil Paint? Unit Five Exam: Multiple choice, Image identification (Learning Objective 3.1). Essay: Compare and contrast the Jowo Rinpoche (IS #184) from the Jokhang Temple with the Reliquary of Sainte-Foy (Content Area 3, IS #58). How did these works function in their respective contexts as aids to religious experience? (Learning Objectives 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 3.2, 3.5) [CR4] [CR7] [CR4] Students have opportunities to engage with all 12 course learning objectives in the AP Art History Course and Exam Description through specific assignments and activities. [CR7] Students are provided opportunities to analyze relationships between works of art across cultures and from different content areas. High Renaissance Theme: Artists are the real Genius Theme: Competition Is Everything Theme: New the Power of Rome Mannerism Theme: Long Bodies, Obscure Settings Theme: Anything to get my mind off of the battles, reformations, and inquisitions. 16th Century Venetian Art Theme: Color over Design Theme: The Effects of Oil on Canvas Theme: Mood and Over Content Unit 6 Exam: Northern Renaissance

8 Theme: Society Rules! Why Paint the Rich when You Can Show the Common People? Theme: Humanism as Morality 16th Century German Art 16th Century Art of the Netherlands 16th Century Art of the Netherlands Baroque Theme: Lights, Curtain, Action, The Italian Baroque Theme: Use of Chiaroscuro to Illustrate Emphasis Theme: You and in media res : a Battle of Space. Unit Seven Exam 4th 5th 6 Weeks Content Area 7: West and Central Asia, 500 B.C.E C.E. [CR3] 11 works (4%) Art of West and Central Asia Theme: Art as Culture Past, Present, and Future Theme: Bringing the Ideal from one Philosophy to another 5 th 6 Weeks Content Area 4: Later Europe and Americas, C.E. [CR3] 54 works (22%) Experiencing Art: Visit to the Dallas Museum of Art [CR9] [CR9] Students are provided opportunities to experience actual works of art or architecture. Rococo NeoClassicicm Theme: Your Place in the 18th Century and the Pleasures that Come With It. Theme: The Age of Enlightenment Theme: The French Revolution Theme: Renewed Understanding of the Greeks and Romans Romanticism

9 Theme: The Sublime in Art Theme: The Age of Anti-Reason Theme: The Holy Land and New Land Is, Like, Totally a New Eden Pre-Raphaelites Theme: Long Live the Middle Ages Theme: Long Live Nature and Canons of Raphael s art TimeLiner Update Due Realism Theme: Man Those Guys Are, Like, Really Poor. We Should Help Them or at Least Paint Their Picture. Theme: The Industrial Revolution Theme: Art as Life: The Bohemian Philosophy Early Photography Exam: The French Revolution to the Industrial Revolution Early American Art Impressionism Theme: Plein-air Theme: All Things Japanese Theme: The Greasers vs. the Soches um I mean the Bohemian vs. the Academics Post Impressionism Theme: My Style Comes from my Environment Theme: Art is for Arts Sake Theme: Color Has Meaning Man! Symbolism and Expressionism Theme: The Philosophy of Freud Theme: Symbols Derived from Myth, Folklore, and Dreams Theme: Primitive is Art Theme: My Art is My Community Quiz Early Modern Abstraction Theme: Can You See from All Views at Once? Theme: How Close Can You Get to an Object and Still Understand the Object? Theme: The Past is Eradicated through the Coming of the New Future 5th 6 Weeks Exam Early Modern Architecture Theme: Form follows Function Theme: The Skyscraper Dada and Surrealism

10 Theme: Ready-made is the Art You Can Buy Here Theme: Art is a joke Quiz Theme: Dream and You Can Automatically, Freely Associate Your Unconscious Life with Your Conscious Art. Surrealism 20th Century Realism Theme: I Don t Get It and I Don t Like It So I m Painting Realistically Theme: The Development of Film Students will take the released AP exam 20th Century Realism Abstract Expressionism Theme: Large and Fast! Theme: The Philosophy of Clement Greenberg Pop Art Theme: Mass Media is the True Art Content Area 5: Indigenous Americas, 1000 B.C.E C.E. [CR3] 14 works (6%) Content Area 6: Africa, C.E. [CR3] 14 works (6%) Content Area 9: The Pacific, C.E. [CR3] 11 works (4%) Content Area 10: Global Contemporary, 1980 C.E. to Present [CR3] 27 works (11%)

EFFECTIVE DATE: Fall 2011

ART 130 World Art History I Course Package Approved: December 3, 2010 EFFECTIVE DATE: Fall 2011 COURSE PACKAGE FORM Contact Person (s) HEIDI HECKMAN Date of proposal to Curriculum Sub-committee: Purpose: