Instructor: Anna Lindsey Garner

Contact Information:

If you have questions concerning the content of the course, you may contact the instructor directly using the email link in the "Communications & Tools" tab. NOTE: Whenever sending an email, please be sure to indicate your Course title and number in the subject line (ie, AP Art History).

Course Description:

The Advanced Placement offering in Art History is designed to provide the same benefits to secondary school students as those provided by an introductory college course in art history: an understanding and knowledge of architecture, sculpture, painting, and other art forms within diverse historical and cultural contexts. In the course, students examine and critically analyze major forms of artistic expression from the past and present from a variety of cultures. While visual analysis is the fundamental tool of the art historian, the major emphasis of this course focuses on understanding works in context, considering such issues as patronage, gender, and the functions and effects of works of art. Many colleges and universities offer advanced placement and/or credit to students who have performed successfully on the National AP Art History Examination.

While the course does not assume prior training or seek primarily to identify students who will major in Art History in college, it does require a high degree of commitment to academic work and to the purposes of a program designed to meet college standards. Students who have done well in other courses in the humanities, such as History and Literature, or Studio Art are especially encouraged to enroll. It is hoped that the experiences of students in the practice of Art and in other humanities courses will prove useful in enriching the context of the art history course. (apcentral.collegeboard.com)

Required Textbook:

Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th edition (authors Kleiner and Mamiya)

ISBN 0-15-505090-7

It is the student's responsibility to order his or her textbook. Online textbook retailers such as Amazon.com, ABEbooks.com, or Half.com usually provide used textbooks at economical prices.

You must make sure you are ordering the exact book required in this syllabus.

Course Objectives include (but are not limited to):

• understanding and gaining knowledge of architecture, sculpture, painting, and other art forms within diverse historical and cultural contexts
• examining and critically analyzing major forms of artistic expression from the past and present from a variety of cultures
• understanding works in context, considering such issues as patronage, gender, and the functions and effects of works of art

Course Outline:

Grading Scale:

93 - 100% = A
85 - 92% = B
75 - 84% = C
70 - 74% = D
Below 69% = F

The grading format is as follows:

Minor Grades 40%
Q cards, chapter questions, vocabulary, short essays, slide-based questions, puzzles, timed quizzes, graphic organizers
Major Grades 40%
Unit tests, major essays written outside of class, projects
Nine Weeks Examinations 20%
Comprehensive examinations
Multiplier 1.045
Report cards reflect this Advanced Placement multiplier due to the rigor of the college level content