APAH Summer Assignments AP Art History Summer Assignments

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1 APAH Summer Assignments AP Art History Summer Assignments The most important thing you can do to prepare for this course is to experience art firsthand. Visit museums, walk through architectural spaces; explore sculptures, paintings and a variety of art forms. Learn about the ideas of artists to which you are drawn. OBSERVE. We are going to take some amazing museum trips throughout the year. Your summer assignments will help you understand the art you will be looking at, both in class and on our museum adventures!! Also, remember this class may earn you 6 college credits!! Trips, college credit and interesting topics should make this class one of your favorites. The more you look at art the more you know about art. (Kevin Wheat, DCA, 2015). This summer we will spend time becoming familiar with some of the online Art History resources. APAH ASSIGNMENT 1 Due: Tuesday, July 10 What: One-page Reflection and Quiz Score Send to: DCA@springfieldschools.com Remember: If you want your assignment evaluated, you must have your name on your paper and on the file you upload to me. Names of works of art are italicized or underlined. Cite your reference sources. Assignments should be 1 to 2 pages in length. Go to the following link: Why Look at Art? First Things First à Pick three areas that interest you to review briefly. Tools for Understanding Art Pick three areas that interest you to briefly review. Art Pick two periods of interest to you to review. Send a two-page journal reflection of the Art History Basics section to me at: DCA@springfieldschools.com (75 points). Be sure to let me know if you found this website interesting and informative. We will be using this website a lot during the upcoming school year.

2 APAH Summer Assignments 2 CA 1 Global Prehistory 30, BCE Summer Assignment 2 Due: July 24 (50 Points) To get this in Word.doc form go to the Springfield Schools Website. Send your completed assignment to me at: DCA@springfieldschools.com Student and Date: 10. Tlatilco female figurine. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco B.C.E. Ceramic. Form: What does the work look like and why? Advantages of a particular medium? Techniques used? Function: What was the intended and later use, which may change according to the context of audience, time, location and culture? Content: (INSIDE the Artwork.) What is the subject or narrative that you see? What symbolic elements exist within the work? Context: (What factors OUTSIDE of the Artwork impacted it?) Audience, time, location, and culture? Notes: What resources did you use?

3 APAH Summer Assignments 3 What do you want to remember from this image? Short Answers: 1. Where were these figures specifically found? (not just the country/city) 2. Why is there no certain understanding of the meaning of these figurines? 3. What might duality mean to Mesoamerican artists/culture at the time? 4. Describe what these figurines typically display. How do they show people? 5. Tlatilco artists not only showed their skill in representing the human form, but they also created form representing what?

4 APAH Summer Assignments 4 Art Journals / Compare and Contrast Summer Assignment 3 Due August 7 (75 points) DCA@springfieldschools.com Art Journals to Compare and Contrast. When answering any of the questions below you must discuss BOTH artworks to receive full credit. Use Khan Academy to help you get started. College Board AP Art History Image Set #250. Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds). Ai Weiwei CE. For this assignment you may refer to this work of art as Sunflower Seeds. College Board AP Art History Image Set #193. Terra cotta Warriors from the Mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China. Qin Dynasty. c B.C.E. Painted Terra cotta. You may refer to this image as the Qin Terracotta Army for this assignment. Your name and page number must be on all pages of this assignment. Works of art are italicized or underlined. You must list your reference sources at the end of the assignment. Subject Matter (Content): Iconography - What do the objects in each work represent or symbolize? Function: Why: Were the works created to commemorate an event? Explain. Whom: Who was the patron for each work and why did the patron commission the work? Where: Was each work created for a private home or a public place, and why? Be Specific. What: What medium was used in each work and why? Explain in detail. Contextual Analysis: How: How does each work reflect philosophical ideologies? Explain.

5 APAH Summer Assignments 5 Art Journals / Compare and Contrast Summer Assignment 4 Due August 21 (75 points) DCA@springfieldschools.com Art Journals to Compare and Contrast. When answering any of the questions below you must discuss BOTH artworks to receive full credit. Use Khan Academy to help you get started. College Board AP Art History Image Set #83. Hunters in the Snow. Pieter Bruegel the Elder C.E. Oil on wood. College Board AP Art History Image Set #201. Travelers among Mountains and Streams. Fan Kuan. C C.E. Ink and colors on silk. Your name and page number must be on all pages of this assignment. Works of art are italicized or underlined. You must list your reference sources at the end of the assignment. Subject Matter: (Content) Narration - What is the event or series of events being presented to the viewer in each work? Function: Why: Was each work created to document a place and time? Whom: To what degree could the patron of each work be described as religious or secular? Where: Was each work created for a particular viewpoint? (worm s eye or bird s eye?) Artistic Decision Making: What: Did each artist observe from nature or conform to archetypal forms? Contextual Analysis: How: How does each work reflect a culture s concept of nature and man s

6 APAH Summer Assignments 6 relationship with nature? H Summer Optional Assignment 5 Due Date: September Points Remember: If you want your assignment evaluated, you must have your name on your paper and on the file you upload to me at: DCA@springfieldschools.com Names of works of art are italicized or underlined. Please cite all references used. Museum Visit Essay: As you visit museums to study works of art, you ll have to keep in mind the ways that the museum environment shapes your perception of the work. For example, think about the lighting level, your position in relation to the work, the number of people around you, the kinds of noises you hear, the way works of art are grouped. Compare this to the original context(s) in which the work would have been seen. At the same time, it s important to keep in mind that much European and American art from the late eighteenth century on has been made with public museums or gallery spaces in mind as places where the artworks may appear. Much contemporary installation art or performance art, for example, needs the kind of large, public spaces that museums and galleries provide. Taken verbatim from Look! The Fundamentals of Art History, (Second Edition) by Anne D Alleva, pgs Go to a museum of your choice. Completely identify the name, location, and kind of artwork showcased at the museum you visited. What was the museum like inside and outside? Choose an artwork before 1800 CE and one after 1800 CE. Write a two-page essay discussing the physical aspects of the museum and comparing and contrasting the two works of art, which you will me on the due date. Please consider theme, historical context and the Art Elements (value, form, line, color, texture, shape, and space) in your essay. Why did you select these two works? Did the museum display these pieces to help the viewer better understand these works? Did you find your visit interesting? Explain. Include photos you took on your museum visit. imovies are also fun. After you have put together your personal responses to the artworks in question, you should do some research into the works themselves and the artists who created them (if known). In some cases, you may have to rely on researching broad styles, time periods or locations. Another way you could approach this assignment:

7 APAH Summer Assignments 7 Spend some time looking over the collection. Carefully select three pieces of art to write about from a personal perspective. Two should attract you strongly in a positive way; the other one should have the opposite effect. In each case, I am interested in why you chose what you did. After you have put together your personal responses to the artworks in question, you should do some research into the works themselves and the artists who created them (if known). In some cases, you may have to rely on researching broad styles, time periods or locations. Did the museum display these pieces to help the viewer better understand these works? Did you find your visit interesting? Explain. Include photos you took on your museum visit. imovies are also fun. Option three or take parts from all three approaches. Two FULL pages, double-spaced, 12-point font in Times or 11-point font in Calibri. 1. Include a ticket stub, or a receipt, a printed-out picture of you with the artwork or at the museum if photography is not allowed. Must be current. 2. Include a picture of the artwork (your OWN picture) and FULL credit line. 3. Address why you selected this particular work of art? What made it attractive to you? What sort of emotional reaction did you have to the work? 4. Describe the subject matter. You might need to do some extra research on this if it is not clear upfront. What is actually being represented? Is the work a portrait, a still life, a landscape? Is it a religious or mythological image? Is it telling a story? If so, what is the source of the story? Are there any symbols in the work? What do they mean? What do you think the work meant to the people or artist who created the work? If it s an installation, what is it like to be in the space? How many people can experience it at one time? Why is this? 5. Analyze the formal elements of the work using the terms: form and composition, line, and texture. Study the color, describing the hues the artist used. Examples: Consider how the artist organized the forms: the so-called design principles of balance, rhythm, proportion, etc. Is there a focal point or do the forms seem randomly placed? Do diagonal lines or verticals and horizontals dominate? Do the forms seem smooth or jagged, regular or irregular, symmetrical or asymmetrical, dynamic or static? Do the forms seem to stay on the surface or recede into the picture space? Is the space shallow or deep? Did the artist use perspective and foreshortening to create recessional space? 6. Consider how effectively the artist used the materials and the formal elements to create a particular impression or to illustrate the theme of the work. How successful do you think the artist was? 7. Lastly, do some research. How does the artwork fit into its appropriate time period? How does the meaning of the artwork reflect the artist, the time period, culture, and the context? Who is the artist? What other notable artworks did they create? What was the time period like? What were some of the characteristics of artworks during that time?

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