The purpose of these guidelines is to assist teachers using the NCEA Art History
Level 2 external standards. These guidelines should be read in conjunction with the assessment specifications for these standards, which can be found at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/subjects/arthistory/levels/ .
The titles of the three NCEA Art History Level 2 external standards are these:
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AS91180: Examine the effects of formal elements of art works (2.1)
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AS91181: Examine the meanings conveyed by art works (2.2)
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AS91182: Examine the influence of context(s) on art works (2.3).
These guidelines provide information about the Level 2 areas of study relating to the
Level 2 external standards. They should be read in conjunction with the Art History
Teaching and Learning Guidelines, the level 2 achievement standards, the 2016
Assessment Specifications, and the 2016 Assessment Report.
Rationale for the areas of study for the Level 2 external standards
The areas of study for the external standards at Level 2 are based on the overarching intent of The New Zealand Curriculum and connections between the Art
History standards at Levels 1 and 3. The intent of the curriculum is reflected in the explanatory notes in each external standard.
The three areas of study reflect the breadth of the Level 2 external standards, and the examination requires candidates to respond to ONE area of study for each standard. Therefore, a year’s teaching programme may focus on one area of study.
The areas of study can be found in the assessment specifications.
The three areas of study are these:
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Aspects of Gothic Art (1120 –1420)
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Towards Modernism (1780 –1900)
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Aotearoa and the Pacific (1800 –1950).
Aspects of Gothic Art (1120 –1420)
Suggested areas of study:
 architecture : St Denis, Chartres Cathedral, Sainte Chapelle (France), Wells
Cathedral (Britain), Duomo (Siena), Carnarvon Castle, Bodiam Castle (Britain),
Palazzo Pubblico (Siena), The Abbey of Cluny (France), Santa Maria Novella
(Florence)
 visual art : Chartres windows, Les Très Riches Heures (Limbourg brothers),
Luttrell Psalter, Duccio, Martini, Lorenzetti Brothers, Giotto

 sculpture : Chartres Cathedral, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano (Sienese works).
Suggested Resources:
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Robert Bartlett, The Medieval World Complete , (Thames and Hudson, 2010)
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Nicola Coldstream, Medieval Architecture , Oxford History of Art series, (Oxford
University Press, 2002)
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Jan Gympel, The Story of Architecture from Antiquity to the Present ,
(Konemann, 1996)
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John Paoletti, Gary Radke, Art in Renaissance Italy , (Laurence King
Publishing, London, 2005)
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Matthias Weniger, Robert Suckale, Manfred Wundram, Gothique , (Taschen,
2006)
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Rolf Toman (ed): Gothic , (Tandem, 2010)
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(website) http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/life-of-medievalmonks.htm.
Towards Modernism (1780 –1900)
Suggested areas of study:
 artists : David, Canova, Cortot, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Courbet, Daumier,
Millet, Corot, Barbizon, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, Morisot, Degas, Seurat,
Gauguin, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rodin
 buildings and structures :
L’Arc de Triomphe; Pantheon (Sainte-Genevieve); the Eiffel Tower; Guimard, Metro Entrances (Paris); Hotel Tassel (Brussels);
Houses of Parliament (Westminster); Midland Hotel and St Pancras Station; the
Crystal Palace (London).
Suggested Resources:
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Stephen Eisenman, Nineteenth Century Art – A critical history , (Thames and
Hudson, 2011)
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Michelle Facos, An Introduction to Nineteenth Century Art , (Routledge, 2011)

Jan Gympel, The Story of Architecture from Antiquity to the Present ,
(Konemann, 1996)

David Watkins, A History of Western Architecture , (Laurence King Publishing,
2005).
Aotearoa and the Pacific (1800
–1950).
Suggested areas of study

Augustus Earle, Charles Heaphy, William Fox, John Gully, John Hoyte, John
Kinder, Petrus van der Velden, C.F. Goldie, Gottfried Lindauer, Christopher
Perkins, Rita Angus, William Sutton, Doris Lusk.
Suggested resources:
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Deidre Brown, Māori Arts of the Gods , (Reed Publishing, Auckland, 2005)
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Deidre Brown, Māori Architecture , (Penguin Group NZ, 2009)
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Michael Dunn, New Zealand Painting: A Concise History , (AUP, Auckland,
2003)
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Sean Mallon, Samoan Art and Artists O Measina a Samoa , (Craig Potton
Publishing, 2002)


Roger Neich, Mick Pendergrast, Krysztof Pfeiffer, Auckland Institute and
Museum Pacific Tapa , (David Bateman, 1997)

Peter Shaw, A History of New Zealand Architecture , (Hodder Moa Beckett,
2003).