Advanced Placement Art History

Syllabus
Mr. Oram
joram@dsdmail.net

Textbooks: Gardners 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: Groves 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 - Pharaohs 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

(Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

(Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)

Day 10

Chapter Five - Gods, Heroes, and Athletes: The Art of Ancient Greece

Day 11

Chapter Five Continued

Day 12

Chapter Five Continued

Day 13

Chapter Five Continued

Day 14

Examination: Greek Art - Chapters 4 & 5

Day 15

Chapter Nine - Italy Before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans

Day 16

Chapter 10 From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient

Rome

Day 17

Chapter 10 Continued

Day 18

Chapter 10 Continued

Day 19

Examination: The Art of Ancient Rome Chapters 9 & 10

Day 20

Chapter 11 Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity

Day 21

Chapter 12 Rome in the East: The Art of Byzantium

Day 22

Chapter 12 Continued

Day 23

Chapter 13 Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic Art (Note: This chapter is

Day 24

Examination: Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art - Chapters 11,

12 & 13

Day 25

Chapter 16 Europe After the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West

Day 26

Chapter 17 The Age of Pilgrims and Crusaders: Romanesque Art

Day 27

Chapter 17 Continued

Day 28

Chapter 17 Continued

Day 29

Examination: Early Medieval and Romanesque Art - Chapters 16 & 17

Day 30

Chapter 18 The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art

Day 31

Chapter 18 Continued

considered Non-European)

Day 32

Chapter 18 Continued

Day 33

Chapter 19 From Gothic to Renaissance: The Fourteenth Century in Italy

Day 34
Day 35

Examination: Gothic and Proto-Renaissance - Chapters 18 & 19

Midyear Review

Day 36

MIDYEAR EXAMINATION

Day 37

Chapter 21 Humanism and the Allure of Antiquity: Fifteenth-Century

Italian Art

Day 38

Chapter 21 Continued

Day 39

Chapter 21 Continued

Day 40

Examination: 15th Century Italian Art - Chapter 21

Day 41

Chapter 22 Beauty, Science, and Spirit in Italian Art: The High

Renaissance and Mannerism

Day 42

Chapter 22 Continued

Day 43

Chapter 22 Continued

Day 44

Examination: High Renaissance & Mannerism - Chapter 22

Day 45

Chapter 20 Of Piety, Passion, and Politics: Fifteenth-Century Art in

Northern Europe and Spain

Day 46

Chapter 20 Continued

Day 47

Examination: 15th Century Northern Renaissance - Chapter 20

Day 48

Chapter 23 The Age of Reformation: Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern

Europe and Spain

Day 49

Chapter 23 Continued

Day 50

Chapter 23 Continued

Day 51

Examination: 16th Century Northern Renaissance - Chapter 23

Day 52

Chapter 24 Of Popes, Peasants, Monarchs, and Merchants: Baroque and

Rococo Art

Day 53

Chapter 24 Continued

Day 54

Chapter 24 Continued

Day 55
Day 56

Chapter 24 Continued

Day 57

Chapter 28 The Enlightenment and Its Legacy: Neoclassicism Through the

Mid-Nineteenth Century

Day 58

Chapter 28 Continued

Day 59

Chapter 28 Continued

Day 60

Chapter 28 Continued

Day 61

Examination: Neoclassicism & Romanticism - Chapter 28

Day 62

Chapter 29 The Rise of Modernism: The Later Nineteenth Century

Day 63

Chapter 29 Continued

Day 64

Chapter 29 Continued

Day 65

Examination: The Rise of Modernism - Chapter 29

Day 66

Chapter 33 The Triumph of Modernist Art: The Early Twentieth Century

Day 67

Chapter 33 Continued

Day 68

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

Examination: Baroque Art - Chapter 24

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

(Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)
Chapter 7 Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: The Art of Early China and
Korea (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)
Chapter 26 Incursions, Restorations, and Transformations: The Art of
Later China and Korea (Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)
Chapter 8 Sacred Statues and Secular Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan
(Note: This chapter is considered Non-European)
Chapter 27 From the Shoguns to the Present: The Art of Later Japan
(Note: The art of this chapter is considered Non-European)
Chapters 15 & Early and Later African Art (Note: These chapters are
considered Non-European)
Chapters 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!!!!!