Tuesday, December 15, 2009

BONUS OPPORTUNITY in January


Why not start out Semester Two with a FEW POINTS?

Saturday January 23,2010 the San Diego Museum of Art is having another From Art History to Art Making Workshop (theme Science and Art) from 1:00-3:30 pm

Remember this is a BONUS Opportunity...all work must be done to be eligible for a bonus...up to 25 points for this assignment (bring your ticket, your notes and your artwork to my classroom before school...7:15 ish...the first day of second semester).

Intersession work posted on Website

I created an intersession page. Please see me if you have any questions...I'll be on campus this week but not during intersession.

Assignments due 2-2-10 and 2-3-10

You will need: Your Textbook, Your Volume 2 Workbook and the internet

Thursday, December 10, 2009

The REST of Semester 1

Thursday and Friday we'll discuss 17 and 18 (and Masterpiece Card). Monday we'll have the 17/18 test and final essay (MC due as well).

BEFORE finals are over...purchase Volume 2 workbook from the turtle shop

Look here on the 15th for intersession assignments...come see me during finals to confirm you have the information.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Week of December 7th

The Museum Catalog for Chapters 17 and 18 and the Semester Review have been posted.

Part of the MC will be scored as a final exam.

The test on Monday 12-14-09 will be about chapters 17 and 18 with some review. The chapter 17 and 18 portions will be scored as a test and the review information as your final. Format MC and essay...like always. Some essay questions will be derived from the charts you need to make for your MC.

Tuesday read/wkbk chapters 17 and 18 are due.


Work to do over intersession will be posted during final exams. Don't forget to purchase volume 2 workbook THIS SEMESTER.YOU NEED them over intersession.

Friday, December 4, 2009

BONUS OPPORTUNITY


The San Diego Museum of Art is offering a free event for teens!

Teen Art Café @ The Museum:
American Artists from the Russian Empire
Monday, December 14th
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
James S. Copley Auditorium at the Museum
Free (no registration is necessary)

Teen artists are invited to the Museum to celebrate the much anticipated exhibition American Artists from the Russian Empire. Meet and mingle with other teen artists while having the chance to learn about the ideas behind this unique exhibition. Café activities will include creating artwork inspired by the work of such world renowned artists as Mark Rothko, Ilya Bolotowsky, and Jacques Lipchitz. View an exhibition-related performance and/or a presentation from a Museum staff member involved in the development of the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, please email teencafe@sdmart.org.

The above information was sent to me in an email today. If you wish to attend this event for a bonus...this is what you need to do:

1. TUESDAY 12-15-09 TURN IN YOUR TICKET STUB (OR HAVE AN EMPLOYEE SIGN YOUR PAPER) AND WRITTEN NOTES FROM THE EXHIBITION/PRESENTATION. BRING TO MY CLASSROOM PRIOR TO THE 8:30 ADMINISTRATION OF ENGLISH FINAL EXAMS.
2. FIND AN ARTWORK FROM THE EXHIBITION THAT CAUGHT YOUR EYE. WHY DID YOU NOTICE IT/DID IT STAND OUT TO YOU? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ARTWORK? ARTIST? MEDIUM? SUBJECT MATTER?
3. BRING IN THE ARTWORK YOU CREATE.

THIS IS A BONUS...IT CANNOT BE APPLIED IF YOU HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING WORK...BONUSES ARE OVER AND ABOVE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED.

UP TO 25 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Update...the test ran long

scantrons have been graded but essays can be completed tomorrow. After you finish, you will have Fun Friday time.

Please bring your workbook to class tomorrow.

Chapter 17 and 18 read/workbook due Tuesday. MC for final test will be posted this weekend.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Grades

SDMA bonus added (see comments section in grades). Starbucks bonus added as well. All graded are up to date as of this blog post.

There will be another SDMA bonus opportunity in January...an opportunity to earn a bonus to START the second semester!

Intersession and Semester TWO info to be posted during finals...worry about the next few days ... first things first!

Test tomorrow: format MC and short answer.

Your FIRST Masterpiece Card will be due NEXT week...concentrate on the test for tomorrow.

test TOMORROW

your essays will be drawn from class discussion and your readings. A good place to look for review would be the Discussion Questions in your workbook.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Ise Shrine

an interesting read before your test:

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/ise.html

Ten Days to go...


The test and Museum Catalog for chapters 6-13-18-8 will be on Thursday 12-3-09

Read and complete workbook chapters 17 and 18 for 12-17-09

Test Chapters 17-18 on Monday 12-14-09 (MC rubric will be posted this weekend)

Intersession work/Preparation for February will be posted the week of Finals. Please purchase Volume 2 workbook BEFORE final exams.

The Masterpiece Card assignment starts NEXT Thursday 12-10-09.

Bonus Points... 5 points for bringing in a box of tissue WITH LOTION.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Thanksgiving Break is ALMOST here...

Monday and Tuesday we'll finish Islam and Discuss chapter 16. Chapter 16 is due on Monday 11-23-09.

Check out the chapter 13 Powerpoint on the website...goes into more detail.

Museum Catalog posted with a section to chart the religions so you have ONE sheet of paper to look to when trying to compare and contrast. We'll add Confucianism and Daoism to it when we study China.

I will MOVE THE TEST BACK TO DECEMBER 3RD so we have a day to review after break.

To budget your time...

Read Chapters 17 and 18 After the test on the 3rd and due on Tuesday the 8th Workbook pages:

163 all
165 plan #4
166 10,11
168 4,5
Discussion Question # 1 on page 171 (Paragraph form)
175-176 all
178 all
182 1,2
Discussion Question #3 on page 183 (Paragraph form)

Test Monday 11-14-09 (MC to be posted...will make a blog post notification when it is)

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

FUN...BONUS


Visit: http://www.starbucksloveproject.com/#/cd/

For the first 1 MILLION drawings Starbucks will contribute $1.00 to the global fund to fight AIDS in Africa.

Make a quality drawing...put your initials in the lower right hand corner. Show me in class...

This BONUS will be applied at the END of the quarter is ALL work is turned in...10 points.

Due Date...anytime BEFORE Thanksgiving Break

Monday, November 16, 2009

Week of Monday November 16th


Filed Trip Permission slips were due today...don't forget to bring them in...will get an email out regarding drivers by Tuesday 11-17-09.

Started discussing India and will continue with India and Japan (Buddhism) tomorrow.

Chapter 13 is due Wednesday and 16 Monday the 23rd.

Will post MC rubric for the next test by this Friday the 20th so people can complete before the holidays if they wish...test will be Wednesday 12-2-09.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday November 13th

Happy Friday the 13th.

Yesterday you took your test. Today is an opportunity to complete the OP Art Friday Fun Day (and rubric) then work on Chapter 6 (India) workbook...due Monday.

Monday and Tuesday I'll discuss India and Japan (Chapter 8). Wednesday and Thursday Chapter 13.

Chapter 13 Read the chapter and complete the workbook pages:
130 #'a 1 and 2
131 #'a 1,2,3
132 #8
133 # 1,3,4,5,6

Chapter 16 Read the chapter adn complete the following workbook pages:
155 all (not Hiberno Saxon question at bottom)
157 #'s 1,3,4
158 #'s 2,4
159 #2 Discussion Question in ESSAY format

*** Don't forget to turn in your permission slip for the field trip on MONDAY...and to tell your teachers in ADVANCE. Any assignment due that day MUST be turned in and arrangements to make up any tests/quizzes missed must be made in advance of our trip***

TRIVIA question for today...email to the yahoo account before noon on Saturday for credit:

IN what YEAR did the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade start?

See you next week

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Thursday will be the test on 11-12 and the Presentations

50 Multiple choice questions (scantron) and 1 short answer ...from a choice of 4

Chapter 6 (Read/workbook)is due on Monday

Friday will be a Friday Fun day/Work on Chapter 6 homework

Don't forget bonus opportunity is this Sunday (see previous posts!)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Sorry I am out ill today

your presentations will be pushed back to tomorrow and the test to Thursday.

In class today I told the sub:

Have them get out a text from the back of the room and study for the test on chapters 11-12 and american architecture. If they feel prepared, have them start reading the next chapter we will cover, India...Chapter 6. Complete workbook pages that go along with Chapter 6 (not discussion questions). This will be due NEXT Monday 11-16-09.

Hope everyone else feels better!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Week of November 9th

Monday we will continue presentations.

Tuesday we will have our test on 11-12 and the presentation information.

Wednesday 11-11-09 is a day off of school.

Upcoming Events:

Due Monday 11-16 will be chapter 6 (read/workbook), due 11-18 will be chapter 13
and Monday 11-23 will be chapter 16. We'll have a test The Wednesday after Thanksgiving on those chapters.

November 20th Filed Trip

Chapter 18 and 19 before Christmas...finishes out the semester.

Intersession:
A review assignment and a topic to research and present when we return in February (Renaissance).

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Wednesday and Thursday November 4 and 5

Hope the time to review is helpful. We will resume presentations on Friday. Don;t forget to turn in the essays to turnitin.com which will make sure citations are in proper MLA format...giving credit where credit is due...not plagiarizing.

BONUS: email me by Thursday at midnight...(yahoo account)

Which MLB MANAGER called for the most intentional walks this (REGULAR) season?

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

BONUS OPPORTUNITY


The San Diego Museum of Art is hosting a "From Art History to Art Making" Workshop on Saturday 11-14-09 from 1-3:30 pm. Reservations MUST be made in advance.

You can attend this workshop - bring a copy of your admissions ticket and your workshop creation, lecture notes to class on Monday 11-16-09. I will have a reflection for you. The BONUS is worth up to 25 points.

This is a BONUS opportunity...all work must be complete in order for a bouns to apply...after all, a bonus is over and above...minimum requirements need to be met first.

Information can be found here: http://www.sdmart.org/calendar.asp?type=lectures

Friday, October 30, 2009

October draws to a conclusion


Next week we'll finish our study of chapters 11 and 12. On Monday Chapter 12 workbook pages are due and the American Architecture Assignment is due on Tuesday.

Monday I'll finish 11 and 12 slides. Tuesday, Friday and Monday the 10th we'll have presentations. A quiz on this material will be Tuesday 11-10-09. Museum Catalog for this quiz will be posted this weekend. I'll mention here when it is.

Museum Catalog Posted on website a few minutes after 8 on Sunday am (Nov 1st). Also updated home page to reflect our study of the Masterpiece cards starting the Thursday after Thanksgiving break... You need to study the two images and look at the national gallery website and answer question #1. This is due the Thursday after Thanksgiving ... ask me if you have questions! We'll have an image or two we look at each week. New images are always posted on Thursday night after the old ones were shown in class.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Last Week of October


Today we watched the video In Stabiano about Roman Villas.

Tomorrow we'll start chapter 11 and 12 powerpoints.

Read the key document about the Architecture Project prior to class on Thursday. We'll be in the library researching. Come to class knowing the directions and ready to get going/ask questions. I'll give you your topics in class...you present on Tuesday next week.

READ and WKBK 11 due Wednesday...12 due Monday

Saturday, October 24, 2009

APAH Website...Key Documents Page

a list of Saints and Key Attributes in art is posted. This is a quick reference guide for artworks...print it out, keep with your timelines, post another copy in your Museum Catalog for this unit ... that rubric will come.

ALSO Architecture project added...read prior to class on Thursday. Thursday I'll expect you come to class having read the directions. We'll find out our assigned topic and work in class. That's the day to ask me questions!!!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Next Steps


Today we took the test on Chapters 4-5 and 9-10. Next Thursday (10-29) we'll work in the library researching connections between American Monuments/Architecture and Greece and Rome. That info will be posted on the website prior to our library visit. The presentations in class will be November 3rd.

Homework for Next Week:
Read Chapters 11 and 12.

Chapter 11...read and complete the following workbook pages by Wednesday 10-28-09.
page 111 #1 (short answer...not definitions)
page 112 #2,4
page 113 #8 (BOTH #8's)
page 114 #10, 13
page 115...Discussion Question ... type paragraph form #2

Chapter 12...read and complete Workbook pages by Monday 11-2-09
page 119 # 1,2,1
page 120-1 #3, 6
page 121-2 #10
page 122 #2
page 123 #7
page 124 Late Byzantine Section

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

AP Test Tomorrow

The essay options for Etruscan and Rome were given out in class yesterday. Options that relate to Aegean and Greece include:

Bull-leaping fresco from Palace of Knossos...
Where does this painting come from? What is the medium? What is the sport shown? How does this representation differ from Egyptian depictions of human activity?

Harvester Vase
What ancient civilization created this pottery? How does it differ from similar scenes of everyday life found in Egyptian art?

Describe the change in depiction of the human form over time.

Describe the change in vase decoration over time.

Friday, October 16, 2009

The first quarter is complete!

your grade as shown on SOTW is the quarter grade. Today's homework and the next two turnitin.com discussions will be for the 2nd quarter.

I posted the MC for the Test Thursday 10-22-09 to the class website just prior to sending this email.

Have a great weekend!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Turnitin.com

Discussions from this week are graded, comments posted on some of your posts.

Two new discussion questions just posted:

The School of Athens is due no later than (NLT) Sunday 10-18-09 at NOON

Spanish Royal Armor is due no NLT Tuesday 10-20-09

Friday, October 9, 2009

October 9th

This weekend I'll go through your turnitin.com discussions and post responses...look for them...I may be asking you to clarify a response. Check back by Noon on Sunday.

Next week...we'll finish our Greece discussion and group project we started today. We'll move on to the Etruscans and Romans.

Read Chapter 9 and complete wkbk assignment by Tuesday 10-13-09
Read Chapter 10 and complete wkbk assignment by Friday 10-16-09

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Upcoming Assignments


Chapter 9 Etruscans DUE Tuesday 10-13-09

Read the chapter and complete the workbook
page 89 #2
page 91 Discussion question #3 (typed...paragraph form with textual evidence)
page 91 Looking carefully (typed...paragraph form with textual evidence)

Chapter 10 Rome DUE Friday 10-16-09
Read the chapter and answer teh following workbook questions:
page 96 #4,6
page 97 #3
page 98 #6
page 99 #1
page 100 #4, 5
page 101 #3,4
page 103 #6
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS page 104 #3, 7 (typed in paragraph form with textual evidence)

Test and Museum Catalog 10-22-09
Covers Chapters 4-5, 9-10
Museum Catalog Rubric to be posted no later than 10-14-09

Monday, October 5, 2009

Monday October 5th

Today we'll discuss Greece...all week will be devoted to discussion of Greece/video about the culture.

Homework activities are to be completed on turnitin.com no later than the Wed/Thurs/Fri deadlines for each assignment.

Etruscans and Rome next week...with a test on all 4 chapters following. Homework related to those chapters will be posted later this week...due next week.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Register at Turnitin.com

we'll use the site for threaded discussions...not turning in research papers like in English class...here's how: (cut and pasted from English class blog)

go to www.turnitin.com

find new user at the top right hand corner of the page - click on new user

follow the prompts and register for YOUR SPECIFIC BLOCK ... do this before MIDNIGHT Thursday 10-1-09. Register for BOTH English and APAH at the same time, if applicable.

ID #'s:
Block 3: 2906266
Block 4: 2906268
Block 5: 2906269

APAH: 2906265 (Turnitin.com emailed me 10-2-09 at 1 pm and requested I not release password publically for YOUR privacy. I gave the info to you in class...you should be able to complete this...if you forgot the passowrd, email my yahoo account as for the info.)

You have 4 discussion questions that must be answered next week on turnitin.com. Read the Smithsonian Magazine Articles and respond to the prompts by MIDNIGHT the day the post is due.

Hadrian's Wall is due on the 7th
Art restoration and Leonardo da Vinci on the 8th
Jackson Pollock on the 9th

Thursday, September 24, 2009

What's Next???


Today we took the quiz on Africa, including Egypt.

Friday in class (short classes - rally) we'll have time to start reading Chapter 4 Aegean and working on workbook assignment due Tuesday 9-29-09:
Page 43 Looking Carefully
Page 42 Discussion Questions 1 and 2

Monday we'll work on Op Art Project

Next week we'll discuss the Aegean and start talking about Greece. Greece is a LONG chapter...start working on it now...

By 10-5-09 Read the Greece chapter and complete the following in your workbook:
page 50 #4
page 51 # 5
page 53 all
page 55 1-5
Discussion Questions # 3 and 5 (page 57)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Upcoming Quiz

Short answer questions will come from lecture and discussion questions in workbook.

Friday, September 18, 2009

What's Coming Up?


Monday-Wednesday Next week We'll discuss Africa and artists that took inspiration from their travels to Africa...this brings us FORWARD in time to artists such as Pable Picasso.

Your Quiz will be Thursday 9-24-09. Your Museum Catalog Homework is due then. The rubric was posted to the class website just before I started this blog post.

The next unit will be Aegean and Greece followed by Etruscan and Rome. A good rule of thumb, a quiz and Museum Catalog Due about every 10 days.

If you have any questions, contact me at the yahoo email address.

Don't forget ... Chapter 15 is due Monday BUT the internet exercise MUST be emailed to the yahoo address by Sunday!!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Week of September 14th


Today we finished a video about Egypt.

Tuesday the internet exercises and workbook pages must be completed (reading the chapter is expected to complete the assignments/be prepared for class...that need not be mentioned).

Tues-Thurs we'll discuss Egypt with Friday Fun Day this week (OP Art Project Started).

Next week we'll discuss Africa. Read Chapter 15 and complete the workbook pages (150-152 NOT the discussion questions or Looking Carefully). Turn those in by Monday 9-21-09. ALSO complete the chapter 15 Museum Activity (online edition) and email to me by SUNDAY NOON 9-20-09 (renemacvay@yahoo.com).

There will be a quiz on Thursday 9-24-09. The Museum Catalog will be posted on the Website by the end of the day Friday.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Chapter 3...due Tuesday 9-15-09


Read Chapter 3 of our text. Complete the ONLINE companion guide internet exercises (2) and email them to me (cc yourself in case they do not go through).

In the workbook complete discussion question #5 from page 36 (typed with EVIDENCE).

Also complete the Summary of Egyptian Art pages (front and back).

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Week of September 7th

Tuesday we'll finish up Mesopotamia video and review. Wednesday a bit more review and I'll start Egypt.

We'll have our quiz and Museum Catalog due on Thursday 9-10-09. It's a MASS day so I'll take that time frame into consideration as I make the quiz.

Thursday I'll post the Egypt Assignment...Due Tuesday 9-15-09. (Friday and Monday we'll watch an Egypt video.

Friday, September 4, 2009

I had to miss class today due to a meeting

you needed to complete the balance worksheet and turn in...you were to work with a partner (and a book) and complete the Chapter 1 worksheet. Write page #'s where answers were found. Due Tuesday if not done in class. Quiz #1 and Museum Catalog Due Thursday 9/10/09.

Read Chapter 3 and complete workbook by Tuesday 9/15/09. Workbook pages posted on test day.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

First Quiz

The Museum Catalog Rubric for the first quiz is posted on the website. The quiz is MOVED to Thursday 9/10/09. Today in class we discussed the museum catalog. I'll do a review session for quiz 1 on Tuesday 9-8-09 before school.

Friday, August 28, 2009

The elements and principles link does work

here it is again: http://gigaweb.brigantine.atlnet.org/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/About%20This%20Site.htm

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Week of August 31st

Monday Intro and Chapter 1 are due. This is the last day the elements and principles packet will be accepted.

Thursday Chapter 2 wkbk due

In the future you will READ the chapters before I present them/you present them. This way you know the material and can take notes based upon what you need to jog your memory. Hopefully as I present 1 and 2 and you read you'll see what the key points are as you read and develop a study pattern.

OUR FIRST QUIZ will cover Introduction - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 and will be Wednesday 9/9/09. I'll post a rubric for the Musuem Catalog/Study Guide on the website by 9/3/09 and explain it to you in class...this gives you the weekend to start it and come in and ask me questions.

Chapter 3 read wkbk will be due MONDAY 9/14/09. Details to be posted later!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Chapter 2


Read and complete workbook pages (listed below) by: Thursday 9/3/09

Page 20 #'s 1,2, 4
Page 21 #'s 7,8,1
Page 22 #4
Page 23 #2
Page 24 # 1,2
Page 25 #3 AND Discussion Q #2 (paragraph form...typed and stapled to wkbk pages)

Introduction AND Chapter 1

Today in class we'll watch a video about the caves in Lascaux,France. The corresponding worksheet will be due at the end of the video. After, we'll do a short project based on the elements and principles of art.

The elements and principles of art worksheet (#1 and 2) in Part 2 is due on Friday August 28, 2009 OR Monday August 31st

We'll work hard until Friday the 4th...that will be our first Fun Friday of the year.

Remember - Introduction/Chapter 1 and workbook pages are due on Monday 8-31-09,

Monday, August 24, 2009

Homework Assignment Due August 31st

Read the introduction and chapter 1 (Volume 1)

Complete WKBK:
p 13 #'s 1-2-4
page 15 #1,4,5
Discussion Q (paragraph form) page 16 #3

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Welcome to AP Art History for the 2009-2010 School Year

I look forward to working with you this year. Your FIRST homework assignment includes the following:
1. Bookmark this blog
2. Add yourself as a follower of this blog.
3. Bookmark the class website (found under favorite links)
4. Share this with your parents - they may wish to do steps 1 - 3.
5. Read/sign the syllabus. Share with your parents so they can read and sign. Return by Tuesday August 25, 2009.

The blog is where I'll post homework assignments, announcements, etc. Make it a habit to check EVERY DAY. This is our connection to one another - it is very helpful on days you miss class due to illness or athletic events.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Always send me emails to rmacvay@sahs.org and cc renemacvay@yahoo.com as I sometimes can not access the school accounts from my home.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Final Grades are POSTED

have a great summer! send me a message when your AP results are in (my yahoo email address).

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

A to Z books


A to Z Books and Powerpoints will be due at the END of class on Friday. Block 1 will be in the computer on Friday. Block 6 will have access to the few computers in the pod down the hall.

At the end of class all PPTS must be compiled and emailed to me, books bound and rubrics turned in. YOU will be DONE!!!

The YouTube bonus can be completed over the three day weekend and emailed to me (link showing it is uploaded and APPROPRIATE BY MONDAY AT NOON...IF IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE, A REFERRAL WILL BE GIVEN TO THE ENTIRE GROUP.

Next week... present your books, watch Da Vinci Code, work on art projects, watch Night at the Museum.

As I grade the finals I am entering grades online. Keep checking...I'll do a few each day. Seniors first. If you do not wish to keep your MC, you can donate so future students can see as an example. Those that are graded are in the classroom and ready to be picked up.

BONUS...Name the artist and the country ... hint...it's a male

Monday, May 18, 2009

AP Test Questions released

the slide based questions and essay topics were released on the college board website. we looked at them in class today.

don't forget your take home final exam essays and MC are due tomorrow. everything needs to be organized prior to the start of class. remember RESEARCH is necessary for the essays.

in class Tuesday-Thursday we'll have the chance to work on our group A to Z book. It is due at the start of class Friday. No class time will be devoted to putting the book together or emailing or printing the document. This MUST be done prior to class starting.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Final Exam for APAH

Final Exam is due Tuesday 5-19-09. See the website for the exam directions and the final group project.

The group project will be posted this weekend.

Final Exam posted 5-13-09

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Review Homework for those missing Monday...DUE Tuesday


If you will be missing Monday for the AP Bio test, come see me for the powerpoint we use in class.

Monday's homework:

REVIEW/INVESTIGATE
How do cultures depict those that are "other". For example, socio-economically different, those with mental illness, those who are from another culture.

BRING in 4 images that fit this category for class discussion. On the back of the images write a commentary of how the "other" is being depicted (odd? celebrated?) You will be given a homework grade for this.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

LOOK at new BLOG Link and WEBSITE link...Smarthistory

just found...great resource,,,podcasts here, images, timelines...a GREAT place to review!

check out this podcast:
http://smarthistory.org/blog/244/an-overview-1907-1960/

Friday, May 8, 2009

Review Assignment



Look over chapter 32 - African Art. Take the online companion's multiple choice quiz.

Come in with outlines (lists/bullet points ok for this BUT not on AP test) for the following:

Themes:
Artwork that Depicts violence (European Tradition, Beyond European Tradition)
Artworks that are self portraits/Artworks including artists in group portraits
Artworks depicting social condition (ie poverty, inciting revolution)
Breaks in Tradition
Architecture reflecting culture of people in which it is located.

One of these paintings is by Frank Stella and one by Jackson Pollack...Which is which? What is important about each artist?

Email me if you have questions as you study this weekend. AP Reviews before and after school on Monday and Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

AP Quiz 33/34

the following are potential short answer questions:

Maya Lin's quote about the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial was "I wanted to work with the land and not dominate it." Chose a work of site specific art, or a work that is heavily reliant on site, and discuss the relationship to the environment around it. Refer to the quotation in your response.

Who was the architect of the Bauhaus building in Germany? In what ways does the teachings of the Bauhaus School reflect the design of the building?

Look on Website homepage

attached a pdf file of images that APPEAR FREQUENTLY in texts...good to know for the AP Test.

Monday, May 4, 2009

The College Board

Sample AP test questions:

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/arthistory/samp.html?arthist

Thursday, April 30, 2009

APAH in May...

As April concludes we finished our last Masterpiece card and discussed the Stuart Collection at UCSD.

May 1-12 we'll cover chapters 33/34 as well as review.

Museum Catalog 33/34 is due Monday 5-4-09 and a quiz on Thursday 5-7-09

AP Review sessions posted in an earlier blog.

we'll have a couple of short assignments and watch some movies after the AP Test.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

AP Test Review

The AP Test is Wed. May 13th at noon...you'll want to be at school by 11:30. Please bring several #2 pencils and erasers. You do not attend school that day BUT are responsible for work that is due/missed. Let your teachers/coaches know ahead of time.

AP Review Sessions will be as follows:
Wednesday 5/6 at 7 am
Thursday 5/7 at 2 pm
Friday 5/8 at 7 am
Monday and Tuesday 5/11 and 5/12 7 am and 2 pm

Friday, April 24, 2009

Chapter 29 Quiz Monday...

Short Answer/Essay Questions to be taken from the following...

1. What is academic art? A complete answer includes examples of artwork that would be accepted by academies (and explain why) and includes examples of artwork that was NOT accepted by academies and explain why.

2. How did industrialization affect urbanization in the late 19th century?

3. How did cast-iron and steel affect architecture in the late 19th century?

4. Describe (and give examples of) REALISM in the United States.

5. Describe Post-Impressionism. A complete answer includes discussion of at least 3 artists and 1 work from each of the 3 discussed.

6. Argue why ELBOW is an appropriate memory device for the Impressionist Movement. Include at least 3 examples of artworks in your response.

7. Evaluate the various types of architecture constructed during the 19th century. Give an example of each. How did these styles reflect the century?

8. Assess the development of sculpture.Consider the foundation of the past, how did it influence and modify the work of the 19th century? Use examples to support your essay.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

A Hint in case you are actually looking on the blog each night

Think:

Bernini...the video, works in our book, etc. Wonder what the Baldacchino is?
David
Goya
Neoclassicism
Naturalism vs Rococo style
Portraits in the Dutch Culture...Rembrandt/Hals perhaps

Think of this list as a birthday gift for Spencer...thank him for having a birthday today.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Read this post...It will MAKE YOUR WEEK

LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE COVERED, I DECIDED THAT WEDNESDAY'S QUIZ WILL ONLY cover parts of 24 and 28. Format: a few slide based short answer questions.
Prepare by going over the online version of our book - multiple choice questions as well as short answer.

After break we'll have a quiz on rest of 28 and 29...that means ONLY MC 28 is due Wednesday!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Work Over Easter Break/After Break...

DUE AFTER BREAK -

Read Chapter 33/complete workbook sections by Wed 4-22-09
Do the following:
p. 178 #1
179 #3
183 #'s 1-2-3
184 #8
186 #14
188 #'s 7 and BOTH #10's
189 all
190 #'s 16, 1
192 Emigres section
193 Discussion Q #8


Reach Chapter 34/complete workbook sections by Wed 4-29-09
Do the following:
p. 195 #2
196 #1
197 #'s 14 and 15
198 #18
199 #'s 24,1,5
200-202 ALL Architecture section
Looking Carefully page 107 - follow directions

LAST TWO WEEKS OF ... Masterpiece Cards due Thursday 4-23 and 4-30

DURING BREAK - this is a GOOD AP Test Review!
AP Review...Workbook self quizzes. Do what you can THEN look at the answers. Come in with questions!!!! Focus on Multiple choice/short answer/essay ... work with a study budy/group!

ESSAY Q's...OK to do an outline that includes DETAILS

Volume 1 workbook:
Self-Quiz #1 (page 191-201
Self-Quiz #2 (page 202-212)
Self-Quiz #3 World BEYOND EUROPE (pages 213-223)

VOLUME 2 Workbook:
Complete self-quiz pages 215-230
Self-Quiz GLOBAL ART 231-241

Last week before break...

Hope the review on Friday was helpful - we'll discuss andy questions you may have next week.

Monday - have read chapter 29 and turn in workbook assignment.

Wednesday - short quiz on rest of 24 and what we cover in 28 and 29

Thursday Masterpiece card

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Work Until Easter

Monday 3-30 Chapter 28 read/workbook is due

Wednesday 4-1-09 David and Goya
Read in your text and online about Jacques-Louis David (Ch 28) and Goya (Ch 28). The artists are contemporaries YET opposites. In an well-written essay describe each artists' style and how the artwork of each man reflects the culture of Italy/Spain when he was working.

Thursday 4-2-09 Masterpiece Card...CHANGED TO 4-9 DISCUSSION - written response can be turned in at any time before that.

Monday 4-7-09 Chapter 28 - read/workbook

Wednesday 4-9-09 Test/Museum Catalog 24-28-29 (what we cover in class...what not covered will be on next test)

AP TEST...May 13th at NOON...students arrive at test by 11:30 to get seat, check in, etc. STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND CLASS. If a student has a job/game/practice, etc. Please have them arrange to be late/excused - they'll be done with the test between 4 and 5 pm. (4 is more realistic but I do not want someone to stress about being elsewhere and not do well on the test). The test itself is 3 hours. (1 hour multiple choice, 2 essays that are 30 minutes each and 1 hour of short answer - slide based - 5 or 10 minute timed responses.)Then time is added on for filling out the bubbles on the answer sheet, etc.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Quizzes Posted, Museum Catalogs as well

Posters need to go home

If your Museum Catalog was not posted...and you gave it to me...it means I did not have/could not find rubric. PLEASE come in EARLY to find and get this set so I can get your quarter grade turned in to the office! Grade due ASAP tomorrow.

Chapter 28...Monday...we'll finish discussing 24 as well.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

For THIS week...Homework and Review Session

Masterpiece card ...NOT due this week

Memory device chapter 24...If it's not BAROQUE...don't fix it.

Hope you do not have too much to make up after the museum visit

Bring your workbooks to the review sessions!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Upcoming work/review sessions...until Easter

MANY PEOPLE STILL NEED TO TURN IN PERMISSION SLIPS...BRING THEM BEFORE SCHOOL MONDAY!!

1. Multiple Choice test results are posted from today's test. Essays I'm working on...along with English papers.
2. Field Trip...Tuesday the 24th...permission slips are due by FRIDAY 3-27-09. You will attend your first and last block that day.
3.Final Museum Catalog for the quarter will be due Thursday 3/26/09 - Rubric to be on website by Friday.
4. Masterpiece Cards due Thursday 3/19, 3/26, 4/2
5. Quiz Chapter 24 on Thursday 3/26/09

NEW...
6. Chapter 28...Read (like we practiced in class) and complete workbook activities page 119 #1,3 (continues on top page 120)
120 #4,5
121 #1
122 #1,7
123 #1
124 #5
125 #10
128 #31

answer describing, analyzing and relating to a social message. adhere to guidelines page 133

by Monday 3/30/09

7. Chapter 29...read/workbook due Monday 4/6/09
page 134 #1
135 #6,7
137 #19, 20, 21
139 #33
140 #35, 36
142 #53, 55
143 #59, 60, 2


Review Sessions: BOTH topics will be European Art/Beyond the European Tradition. Focus will be on connections between cultures. ONE of the AP 30 minute essay questions will require this ... we'll look as various topics that may be covered (themes) plus talk about little "details" that may have been forgotten since we studied the units.

Session 1: India/China/Japan connections
Wed 3/25 2-3 PM
Thurs 3/26 7 AM

Session 2:Australia/Oceania/Africa/Mesoamerica connections
Wed 3/1 2-3 PM
Thurs 4-2 7 AM

Monday, March 16, 2009

Essay Questions to prepare...

Wednesday's test covers 21-22-23 (emphasis on 22 and 23)

You will have multiple choice questions (about 20) as well as short answer/essay (1 or 2). Your short answer/essay will be taken from these topics:

1. Compare different LAST SUPPERS. Discuss patron, original location, emphasis, viewer's inclusion, etc.

2. Compare the pose and proportions of Adam and Eve in the representations by Van Eyck (fig 20-6), Massaccio (21-11) and Durer (23-6). How do these figures relate to classical proportions and contrapposto? (HINT...you need to find these images in your book...this is wkbk question #3 page 69).

3. How does The Four Apostles by Durer reflect protestant beliefs?

4. What are key characteristics of MANNERISM? Be able to identify Mannerist "qualities" in an unknown artwork.

5. Compare Bronzino's Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time with Giorgione's Pastoral Symphony. Note the poses of the figures, the settings and the compositions. What do you think were the major concerns of each artist? How do these works reflect the different styles preferred by artists of Venice and those of Florence?

6. Trace the development of the David...Donatello and Michelangelo...and compare/contrast with the Doryphoros.

7. (WKBK page 56 #10) In what ways are the styles of the Early Renaissance in Florence, the High Renaissance in Rome, Mannerism in Florence and the Late Renaissance in Venice typified in the portraits by Botticelli (21-28), Raphael (22-21) Bronzino (22-45) and Titian (22-39).

8. GMC...we studied Giotto and Masaccio ... trace their influence in other artists...(Caravaggio is coming soon)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

I'm off to Washington DC

ill return on Sunday night ...LATE

The sub will have you watching three videos and turning in worksheets when they are completed. If you miss part of a worksheet due to absence...please indicate that on the sheet and move on to complete what you do see.

The MC for 23 will be on the website before I fly out tomorrow am...will put it on before I go to sleep tonight.

The Test for 21/22/23 will be Wednesday 3-18-09

MP card will be due 3/19

We'll discuss chapter 24 starting on the 19th with a quiz on the 25th...the quarter ends the 27th.

WE STILL NEED DRIVERS FOR THE FIELD TRIP ON THE 24TH!!!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Potential Filed Trip

March 24th - Tuesday

San Diego Museum of Art and the Timkin Museum

We have to divide in groups as the museum allows groups of 40 to tour...we can divide in half and take turns...

10:00 tour
11:00 tour

we NEED parent drivers...

The rest of the 3rd quarter...ends 3/27/09

DUE Saturday 3-7-09 - Turnitin.com assignment

Next week NOTHING IS DUE! Start on MC 22 and 23...test 3-17-09

Review sessions for test on 22 and 23 will be:
Tuesday 3-10 at 7 am or Monday 3-16 from 2-3 pm

The week of March 23rd we'll start review sessions for the AP test again on ... topics to be announced...

The week of 3/16 Masterpiece cards will be due again each Thursday

March 24th we'll have a quiz on chapters 23 and 24. A QUARTER Museum Catalog will be due. (Rubrics for 23 and the quarter one will be posted on the Museum Catalog page of the website this weekend.)

I'll be out of school at a workshop in DC March 11-13th. We'll watch videos about artists - the video worksheets are due at the conclusion of the film.

Fourth Quarter Ideas...
The week of 3/30 we'll have chapter 28 due...read and wkbk assignment...work to be posted.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Homework

1. Bring in a COLOR copy of a still life or a landscape. TUESDAY 3-3-09
2. Chapter 24 WKBK due Wednesday 3-5-09
do pages:
75 #1
76 #4
77 #8, 9, 10
78 #15
80 #25, 32
82 #37
84 #55

Discussion Q #9 page 89

3. Masterpiece Card due Thursday
4. Turnitin.com discussion due Satuirday 3-7-09

5. Test/MC chapter 22 on Monday 3-9-09

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Upcoming work

Finished at the DMV...was not as bad as I expected...an hour is good considering I did not have an appointment!
Chapter 23 WKBK is due tomorrow

This weekend check turnitin.com to make sure you do not need to "add" to your response.

BRING IN A COLOR COPY OF A LANDSCAPE OR STILL LIFE ARTWORK BY MONDAY...for use in class Tuesday (another videotape day)

TEST/MC due Monday 3-2-09

What to do to study:
read notes/wkbk assignments
focus on works/artists/architects/sculptors we looked at in class
go to the book companion website (link on blog) and do the online Multiple Choice Quiz for each chapter

Test format:
Multiple choice/Short answer/essay (slide based and not slide based)

Your exam will have three or four essay questions. You will have to answer 1 or 2 of the choices. The list of POTENTIAL essay/short answer topics are as follows:

1. Compare the treatment of the architecture and landscape in the work by the Limbourg Brothers with that of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government. In what ways are they similar? In what ways do they differ?

2. Jan van Eyck revived and secularized portraiture. How does Jan van Eyck's approach to portraiture as shown in his self-portrait differ from the approach of Italian portraitists, for example Botticelli's Portrait of a Youth.

3. Compare Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition to Giotto's. Which moves you most AND why?

4. Discuss the Portinari Alterpiece by Hugo van der Goes; note especially the iconography and the meaning of disguised symbols (HINT: memory device...consider the nut). What stylistic influence do you see from Jan van Eyck? How does this altarpiece differ from Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece?

5. (This involves remembering Rome...if you came to the AP review session that is what we discussed this week). How does Donatello's Gattamelata differ from the equestrian portrait of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (ch 10) and the medieval Bamberg Rider (ch 18). What was the purpose for the high pedestal used with the Gattemelata.

6. Giotto is considered the father of western art. Explain why he was given this title. Use at least two artworks in your description and discuss his style/innovations.

7. Explain the principles of linear perspective that the Renaissance Artists used. Use as your example either Donatello's Feast of Herrod or Masaccio's Holy Trinity. Why was perspective important to Renaissance artists?

8. How does the statement by Ghiberti, "I strove to imitate nature as closely as I could...", reflect the development of art in 15th Century Italy?Use examples to support your response.

9. Discuss Alberti's importance on the fields of art and architecture. Cite at least two examples in your analysis.

10. Evaluate Donatello's contribution to sculpture in the 15th Century. Cite at least two examples in your response.

REMEMBER...DESCRIBE...ANALYZE...INTERPRET...JUDGE

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Review Sessions this week

Tuesday at 7 and Wednesday at 2

Etruscan and Rome

Next week... Chapters 11-12-16 (Middle Ages/Byzantine)

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Upcoming Work

Tonight complete two SHORT activities on Turnitin.com discussion board. Your responses MUST be submitted by 4 pm tomorrow to count.

Due
Monday 2/23 Chapter 22 workbook (details Jan 31st post)
Thursdays...Masterpiece Cards...will remain consistent
Friday 2/27 Chapter 23 wkbk/read (details post 1/31)

Test Chapters 19-20-21 March 2nd
Test Chapter 22 March 9th
Quiz Chapter 23 March 16th

MUSEUM CATALOG RUBRICS ON CLASS WEBSITE - ON PAGE TITLED MUSEUM CATALOGS - THIS WAY YOU HAVE 1 PLACE TO GO FOR THEM RATHER THAN LOOK BACK THROUGH OLD BLOG POSTS

Friday, February 13, 2009

Week of February 16th...final info just Posted Sunday afternoon

Review Session...Aegean and Greece
Tuesday 2-17 7 am
Wed 2-18 2 pm
Same time the following week...Etruscan ans Rome

Chapter 21 is due Wed 2-18
MP Card due Thursday 2-20

NEW assignments posted for chapter 22 AND 23...ON PREVIOUS BLOG POST (January 31st) Sorry I did not post everything until Sunday afternoon. I felt HORRIBLE yesterday.

I'll do my best to have your take home tests graded by Tuesday 2-17-09

Have a good rest of your 3 day weekend!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Schedule change

Take home essay test (with at least two cited sources...Book +1) due tomorrow - Wed 2-11-09

Thursday only worry about MP card...we'll videotape...you need permission slips!

Chapter 21 is NOW due Wed 2-18-09

Review sessions start next week!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Quiz Information on Website

Powerpoint, study guide and Museum catalog rubric on Romanesque and Gothic page on website

Thursday, February 5, 2009

REVIEW SESSIONS...

I'll start AP Review Workshops the week of February 16th. Each week I have review I'll announce a chapter that I'll cover and will have 1 morning and 1 afternoon session ... both will be the same.

Week of 2-16-09
Tuesday 2-17 7 AM and Wed 2-18 at 2 PM
Chapters: Aegean and Greece

Week of 2-23
Tues 2-24 at 7 AM and Wed 2-25 at 2 PM
Chapters: Etruscan and Rome

Week of 3-2
Tues 3-3 at 7 am and Wed 3-4 at 2 pm
Chapters: Byzantine and Middle Ages (11-12-16)

Week of 3-23
Tues 3-23 at 7 am and Wed 3-24 at 2 pm
THEMATIC CONNECTION...RELIGIOUS ART
EUROPEAN TRADITION AND BEYOND THE EUROPEAN TRADITION

Looking to next week...

On the website I created a page called Romanesque and Gothic. I included the PPT from class and attached a review document to help you study for Tuesday's quiz. MC rubric uploaded on website as an attachment.

Monday 2-9 Chapter 20 is due
Tuesday quiz
Thursday: MP Card (videotape too) and Chapter 21 (You will be in library with a writing assignment if I do not have your permission slip)

No School Monday the 16th

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Masterpiece Cards

I added the images for this week AND next.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Semester 2 February Outline


  • Tuesday 2/3 homework is due. We'll discuss Gothic and Romanesque in class.
  • Wednesday 2/4 - Thursday 2/5 I'll discuss chapter 19 with you.
  • Masterpiece Cards will resume Thursday...I'll post the first one for the semester on Tuesday 2-3-09
  • Fun Friday resumes ... permission slips need to be in by Thursday for us to start again on the first Friday of class. I need to send in videotapes of lessons to the National Board as I am trying to obtain National Board Certification. Permission slips will be given out on Tuesday 2/3/09. The first "Fun Friday" lesson will be Abstract Expressionism...like the last Masterpiece Card we discussed.


Upcoming work from our text/workbook. I'll update with supplemental reading, videos, etc.

Homework:

Due Thursday 2/5
Read Chapter 19 (Volume 2 for both) and complete workbook pages 17-20 (not discussion q's OR definitions).

Due Monday 2/9
Read Chapter 20 and complete workbook pages 23-30 (not discussion q's OR definitions)

TUESDAY 2-10 QUIZ CHAPTERS 17-18-19 (Museum Catalog 19 due)

Due Thursday 2/12
Read Chapter 21 and complete workbook pages 33-42 (not discussion q's OR definitions)

TEST 2/18 CHAPTERS 19-20-21 (Museum Catalog Due also) POSTPONED Until 2-25 Museum Catalog to be posted Friday 2-21-09

Due Monday 2/23
Chapter 22 is LONG...High Renaissance...I suggest you start early and break it up...Read and complete workbook Pages:
Page 46 #1
47 #5,7
48 #12
51 #29
52 #36, 1

Discussion Question #1 page 55

Individual Artist WANTED POSTER...the weekend of 2-14/2-15 I'll post assignment/example on class website...that way you know the artist you are responsible for becoming an expert on and teaching the class!

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVQBVE9BzYk

Due Friday 2/27
Read Chapter 23 and complete workbook
Pages: 63 #3 - continue at top of page 64
64 #4
68 Spain Section

TEST/MC chapters 22/23 on Thursday March 5th

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Semester 2 is about to start

The last week of January I'll post deadlines for February for your planning purposes...we will do our best to stick to set deadlines as we prepare for the test in MAY! WE STILL WILL HAVE FUN FRIDAYS...AND TRY FOR 1 OR 2 FIELD TRIPS

The test will be comprehensive...you will need to apply your knowledge of what we have and will study to known and unknown images. All semester we will be looking BACK as well as forward. COME TO TUTORING HOURS if you feel you need to review semester 1

Hope you are enjoying intersession. Don't forget you have homework due our first day back.

Ms. MacVay