The
Scoop:
(click on the colored unit titles to see the syllabi)
Class
Rules can be obtained
here.
Unit I (Sept.: 4 weeks)
Introduction and Art of Ancient Civilizations: Basic
Principles of Art; Prehistoric Art; Egypt and the Art of
Ancient Mesopotamia
Unit II (Oct.: 4 weeks)
Art of Classical Empires:
Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek, Etruscan; Roman, Byzantine and Early Christian;
Unit III (Nov.: 3 weeks - up to
Thanksgiving): Non-Western Focus for this Year - Chinese Art
through the Ages
Unit IVa/b (Dec.: 3 weeks - after Thanksgiving)
Medieval European Art: Byzantine, Viking, Carolingian, Romanesque and
Gothic
Unit IVc (Jan.: 3 weeks + Finals)
The Italian Renaissance
Unit
IVd (Feb.: 2 weeks) The Northern Renaissance
Unit V: Feb - March
(3 weeks)
The Age of Absolutism: Mannerism, The Baroque, Rococo, and
The Enlightenment
Unit VI: March
(3 weeks) The 19th Century:
Romanticism, Realism, Nationalism, Photography, Crafts and
Architecture
Unit VII: April: (3 weeks) Modernism and
Beyond: Fauvism;
Impressionism; Post-Impressionism; Abstract Expressionism;
Cubism; Futurism; Dada; Surrealism; Pop-Art; Earthworks and
Installations; Post-Modernism; Spring Break, Testing and
Review
Unit VIII: May:
(5 weeks) AP Review and Movies! |
