AP ART HISTORY
Syllabus 2014-15
Contact Information
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Instructor:
Email:
Office:
Web:
Cell:
2 and 6
Ms. Andrea Fuentes
andreafuentes@dadeschools.net
andreafuentes99@gmail.com
112 C after school, P 4/5, or by appt.
http://andreafuentesart.com
305.978.6155 (urgent only please)
Required Materials
1. Textbook:
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History, 5th edition. Pearson: 2013. (Vols. 1 and 2)
ISBN 9780205873487 and 0205873480.
2. Three-Ring Binder/Notebook - brought to class daily
 Lined paper and dividers, highlighter or colored
markers helpful
 Your choice of sizes/styles: 3 small or 1 large
 GRADED for class notes, handouts, and homework
3. Regular Internet access for home study, or Cerego app
on your phone.
4. Other books, materials and websites will be used in class. Attendance matters.
Strongly Suggested
Test Prep Book (choose 1)
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Barron’s AP Art History, 2nd edition, 2012. or
AP Art History: Are You Serious About Getting a 5?, 2012, REA
Publishing.
The Annotated Mona Lisa is also good for studying Western Art. I have some loaner
copies available for your use.
Dual Enrollment note: Doral College students please see your DC syllabus for more
details on college policies and grading requirements.
What is the course about?
The AP Art History course helps students understand visual
art works through the contextual filters of history, society,
politics, religion, gender, and ethnicity. Students also learn to
formally analyze works of art, and connect artworks through
major themes such as sacred spaces, power/authority,
religion, propaganda, identity, and narration. Contextual and
visual analyses are an integral part of the course.
Our current time period has a dramatically enhanced visual
culture. I hope students will gain respect for and
appreciation of imagery from a variety of cultures and time
periods, and will connect the visual arts with other
disciplines and their own daily lives.
Art history is not a dry list of dates and facts. Students will
realize how humanity is all connected by an innate desire to
create imagery to commemorate, record, question or convey our emotions and ideas. In
the best situations, the arts (including dance, music, etc.) speak truths that surpass the
ability of words to express them.
This course is also intended to prepare students for the AP Art History Examination.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
 Visual Literacy: Students will apply art historical methods to their visual
environments to describe how images encode social ideologies, in both
essays and oral presentations.
 Historical Research: Students will research specific cultures, artists, and
artworks to present to class, both informally and formally.
 Canon of Images: Students will identify a canon of important images from art
history, and be able to understand the basic problems and flux of that canon.
They will describe the strengths and problems with labels.
 Transculturalism: Students will discuss and appreciate works of art from
other cultures, but also describe them on the aesthetic criteria of those
cultures. Furthermore, the student will understand how cultures influence
and interact with one another.
 Social Context Methodology: Students will learn how art history, a discipline
emphasizing social context art, is a field of study which makes connections
between many other disciplines.
 Serendipity: Students will be encouraged to be a traveler who seeks the
intellectual and emotional joys of aesthetic experiences, by exploring art in
person through field trips, videos, and readings.
 Art Matters: Students will explain how art mediates a vast range of
experiences including faith, our place in history, people who are different
from us, civic life, and our emotional, psychological, and intellectual
understanding of self.
Breakdown of course content
While the course is primarily focused on Western art and architecture, students explore
non-Western art from Asia, the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and the Islamic world.
The emphasis is on art history as a web, rather than a linear timeline, with influences
woven throughout different places and cultures. However, the time frame addresses the
ancient world through the present day, from ancient Babylon to this year’s exhibits at Art
Basel Miami. Prehistoric art is not covered in detail.
Paintings/drawings make up about 45% of the canon, architecture 25%, sculpture 25%,
and other media 5%.
AP Exam Breakdown
Attendance
Regular class attendance is important due to the pace of material covered. Unexcused
absences and tardies may impact participation grade.
Late assignments are not accepted without an excused absence. Excused absences have a
one-day grace period to turn in late work. It is the absent STUDENT’S responsibility to
check assignment dates and details online. Make up exams are harder and are only
given after school. No making up exams during regular class time.
Grading Policy
Grades are calculated as follows:
Exams
50%
Binder/Assignments
15%
Projects/Essays
15%
Quizzes
10%
Participation/Attendance
10%
All exams have a cumulative portion. Pop quizzes will be short and based on
reading homework and class notes. Binder/Assignments includes grades for taking
notes, worksheets, handouts, and other homework.
Academic Integrity
Students in this class must know, observe, and not compromise
the principles of academic integrity. It is not permissible to cheat,
to fabricate or falsify information, to submit the same academic
work in more than one course without prior permission, to
plagiarize, to receive unfair advantage, or to otherwise abuse
accepted practices for handling and documenting information.
The grade for this course includes the judgment that the
student’s work is free from academic dishonesty of any type.
Any violations of this policy will result in an F for the work
submitted.
Course Calendar
Exams
Exams are scheduled approximately every 3-4 weeks.
Exam 1: Ancient Cultures
Exam 2: Classical Cultures
Exam 3: Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic and India
Exam 4: Medieval Europe
Exam 5: Renaissance in Europe
Exam 6: MIDTERM
Exam 7: Baroque & Art of Japan
Exam 8: 18th century – Art of the Americas & Oceania
Exam 9: 19th Century, Modern Asia
Exam 10: Modern Art & Art of Africa
Exam 11: Late 20th Century & Contemporary
Exam 12: FINAL
Pop Quizzes
TBA – 2 -3 short quizzes per month (5-10 minutes)
Binder/Assignments
Binder checks approximately every 2 weeks.
Homework reading and essays assigned weekly.
Projects
August 25: Summer Project (Theme Book)
September - Greek Temple Design
October - Reading a Building
November - Art History Ad Campaign
December – Religious Travel Brochure
January - Skit (group project)
February – ABET Dossier
March – Book of Isms
April - Contemporary Artist Presentation
May – End of Course Video or Mural (group project)
Students with Disabilities
Accommodations are available for students with disabilities; please advise me of
any special needs you have.
Suggested Online Resources (just a few- I will post more with homework)
Cerego: - online learning for image identification & significance
https://cerego.com/home Create account, search for sets tagged AP Art History.
Many of these I created or my students created (may say Academica). Mobile app
available, tracks your progress.
My Powerpoints: My class powerpoints are on slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/andreafuentes
My Art History Video Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6cwSDRPVVSPHMgdwgmdldSJCZYkx
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Khan Academy – smArt History videos & articles:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history
Writing about art: Writing tips and examples for art history students.
http://www.writingaboutart.org/pages/appendix4.htm
Themes in global art: http://learner.org/courses/globalart/
Artchive Website: High resolution images from Western art history canon and
primary source readings. www.artchive.com/
Louvre Website: online tours and exhibitions. Closer Look sections and the
Thematic Mini-Units are helpful for in depth study.
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=
Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Timeline of Art History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/07sm.htm
National Gallery of Art website with a wealth of videos, online tours, images, and
writings about art. http://www.nga.gov/onlinetours/index.shtm
UNESCO panophotography of world’s great architectural wonders and ruins of
ancient cities. http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/
Local Art Museums and Gallery
Walks
Frost Art Museum at FIU (located
15 minutes from our high school).
Free student admission; collection
focuses on 20th Century American &
Latin
American
art.
http://thefrost.fiu.edu/
Lowe Art Museum at UM – Coral Gables. Diverse multicultural collections spanning
5000 years. http://www6.miami.edu/lowe/
Wynwood Art Walk – (2nd Saturday)http://www.wynwoodartwalk.com/wynwood-art
Bird Road Art District
http://www.thebirdroadartdistrict.com/ (3rd Saturday art walk)
ArtBasel: Art Basel is probably the most important art event in the United States. It
takes place in December on nearby Miami Beach. The Art Department usually has a
field trip to this event. See me for details. http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/
Perez Art Museum (new museum downtown): http://pamm.org
AP ART HISTORY SIGNATURE PAGE (Homework Grade)
I have reviewed and understand the syllabus together with my parent(s) or
guardian(s).
I understand that:
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This is a college level class using college level textbooks. Most students need
5-8 hours per week outside reading & writing.
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I need periodic Internet access outside class time for using the Cerego
application and/or research.
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I need a few basic supplies: soft 3 ring binder with dividers, colored pencils or
markers, a highlighter.
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If I pace myself and keep up with the assigned readings and projects, I can do
well in the class.
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If I participate and take notes, (cell phones OFF) I can enjoy the class and
learn the material.
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I will go on a field trip OR visit an art museum/gallery on my own.
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IF I am not studying and doing assigned reading, I may be switched into an
SAT Prep class or a PE class.
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I will take the AP exam in May.
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I will keep and turn in my textbook at the end of the year or pay to replace it.
Student:_____________________________________________________________
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