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AP Art History 2014 Summer Assignments

Introduction Chapter-Why Do We Study the History of Art?

Assignment #1 Define the following terms using the cornell notes handout. It is also helpful to

draw diagrams, illustrations, etc. along with your notes for memorization. color wheel formal elements Program

hatching figurative non-figurative

Naturalism modeling tertiary color

ziggurat iconographic Abstract

Formalism stylized romanticized

Aesthetic Idealized realistic

secondary color naturalistic ground plan

asymmetrical balance Garbha griha Content

icon primary colors circumambulation

Terra-cotta saturation intensity

style Stupa Chromatic

patron achromatic hues

Portraits nonrepresentational plane of relief

Still life shading Picture plane

landscape value symmetry

Trompe-l’oeil crosshatching illusionistic

Representational plane Composition

Balance complementary color

Assignment# 2 After reading the introduction chapter pages 1-13, create an outline highlighting significant points related to the study of art.

Assignment #3 (Long Essay)

No more than two pages in length. Single or double spaced is acceptable. Organize your essay into four paragraphs.

Your goal is to gain complete knowledge of each of the works of art so that you are prepared to discuss/respond to the two thirty minute essay questions in the AP exam.

Essay Question:

Just as history in general seeks to understand the past through its documented events, so the history of art seeks to understand it through works of art. These works are not only “persisting events” but documents recording the times that produced them. Use three works of art and discuss how each one represents

their culture; one an architectural structure, another, a painting and finally a sculpture. Plus, one of your choices must be from a non-western culture.

Assignment #4 Design a short list of questions related to your reading assignments and/or course.

Assignment #5 Create flash cards for the following images using 4”x6” index cards. Each card should contain vocabulary associated with the image, period, theme, historical background. On the top of the blank side of each card write (1) the title of the

work, (2) the culture it represents (Sumerian, Akkadian…), (3)the date (year in which it was created), and (4) its scale and media. On the front side of the card

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cut/paste color image of artwork. Begin to familiarize yourself with these images and their history.

Theo van Doesburg, study for composition (The Cow)

God as Architect (God Drawing the Universe with a

Compass)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Black and Gray

Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait before his easel

Meret Oppenheim, Fur-covered Cup, Saucer, and

Spoon

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Jan van Eyck, The Virgin in a Church

Joseph Wright of Derby, The Corinthian Maid

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel

Leondardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa

Constantine Brancusi, Bird in Space

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Taj Mahal

Bodyguard of the emperor Qin

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Chapter 1-Prehistory

Assignment #1 Read pages 14-29 from the textbook packet I provided you. Define the following terms using the cornell notes handout. It is also helpful to draw diagrams, illustrations, etc. along with your notes for memorization. sculpture in the round relative dating post-and-lintel construction ware modeled henge low relief abstraction relief sculpture passage grave capstones incising cairn dolmen corbeling carved Sunken Pigment

kiln Polychrome Façade

Trilobed Parapet Necropolis

Monoliths Menhir Dolmen

Cromlech Tenon trilithons

Assignment# 2 After reading the chapter, create an outline highlighting significant points related to Prehistoric art.

Assignment #3 Answer the following five questions each in short essay form. Two paragraphs

will suffice.

1. What changes occurred between the Paleolithic ('Old Stone Age') to the Neolithic

('New Stone Age') period?

2. Explain why calling a prehistoric figure a "woman" instead of "Venus" frees us to think about the object in new and different ways.

3. Refer to at least three works of art in explaining how Paleolithic works of art show an aesthetic sense.

4. What evidence is there that some megalithic monuments, such as Stonehenge, may

have had a relationship to celestial events in the calendar? 5. Compare any prehistoric work to something that is created in present day.

Assignment #4 Design a short list of questions related to your reading assignments and/or course.

Assignment #5 Create flash cards for the following images using 4”x6” index cards. Each card should contain vocabulary associated with the image, period, theme, historical

background. On the top of the blank side of each card write (1) the title of the work, (2) the culture it represents (Sumerian, Akkadian…), (3)the date (year in which it was created), and (4) its scale and media. On the front side of the card cut/paste color image of artwork. Begin to familiarize yourself with these images

and their history.

Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc

Hall of Running Bulls (Lascaux)

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Venus of Willendorf

Cave Paintings (Altimira, Spain)

Woman from Brassempouy (France)

Stonehenge

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When creating your flashcards on 4” x “6 index cards, they should look like this:

Front (Image on the Front)

Back (Information on the back, including Period, style, etc.)

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Writing About Art in Essays

Contextual analysis (Questions to ponder when asked to do this):

How does your artwork reflect the culture that produced it? Consider some aspect of the social, cultural, political, technological, religious, or economic circumstances of the time period. One of

the following questions would be a good starting point.

What is the subject matter of the art work?

For what purpose was it created?

How does the work reflect the historical era in which it was produced?

Where was the artwork meant to be seen? How would the setting affect our perceptions?

What role(s) do patrons and or audience play in the creation of the work?

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Scoring Criteria for the Art History Essay

45-50 Advanced Analysis is clearly written and well

organized. Contains full and thoughtful discussion of

time period, theme, and artist. Analysis and

commentary were thoughtful and placed the work in

proper historical and/or cultural context.

40-44 Proficient Analysis is clearly written. Contains some good

discussion of time period, theme, and artist. May

lack full analysis, or elaboration in one of the

areas. Analysis and commentary were somewhat

thoughtful and placed the work in proper historical

and/or cultural context.

35-39 Basic Analysis is superficial. Lacks development and

sufficient discussion of time period, theme, and

artist. Some areas lack clarity. Original

commentary and analysis lacking.

30-34 Below Basic Analysis is flawed and/or unclear. Lacks clarity and

purpose.

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AP Art History Cornell Notes

Name:

Subject: Introduction Chapter

Main Idea Notes

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AP Art History Cornell Notes

Name:

Subject: Introduction Chapter

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AP Art History Cornell Notes

Name:

Subject: Chapter 1-Prehistory

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AP Art History Cornell Notes

Name:

Subject: Chapter 1-Prehistory cont.’d

Main Idea Notes