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

Review Sessions this week

Tuesday at 7 and Wednesday at 2

Etruscan and Rome

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

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

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!

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!

Quiz Information on Website

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

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

Masterpiece Cards

I added the images for this week AND next.