Art History – AP

Recommended Prerequisite: None

Grades Offered: 10 – 12

Credit: 1/2 – 1

SDE Course Code: 3534

MNPS Course Code: ART2515

Course Description

This course will follow the guidelines of the College Board AP Art History course, which have the following objectives:

The student will develop understanding and enjoyment of architecture, sculpture, painting and other art forms within historical and cultural contexts

The students will examine major forms of artistic expression from the past and the present from a variety of cultures.

The students will learn to look at works of art critically, with intelligence and sensitivity, and to analyze what they see.

Course of Study

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/courses/descriptions

Standards

MNPS Visual Art Standards

National and State Visual Art Standards

Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. 12^th ed.

Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2004.

Art Prints

Visits to Museums, art galleries, studios and buildings of architectural interests

World Wide Web