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So, I'm working on building this information out as we go this year. My goal is to get the content for the week up the Sunday before. Anything that is blue is a link to notes and buttons are links to direct recourses. 
Ms. Schmit's
​Basic Class Syllabus
AP Art History Syllabus
Between the two syllabi, that covers what to expect from the course. Just some other things to keep in mind. We'll use the exam features of the AP Art History Course for assessments throughout the year. and scores from there will be copied to Canvas and PowerSchool. Use the Class Blog to stay on top of due dates and what you should be studying when.
Unit 1: Global Prehistory (30,000–500 BCE)
Unit 2: Ancient Mediterranean 3,5000 BCE - 300 CE
  • 2.1 Ancient Near East 
  • 2.2 Ancient Egypt
  • 2.3 Ancient Greece
  • 2.4 Ancient Rome
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Unit 1: ​Global Prehistory 30,000-500 BCE

1 . 1 Global Pre-History Notes
Revamped Unit 1 Notes
Topics
  • 1.1 Cultural Influences in Prehistoric Art (1.A, 2.A)
  • 1.2 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Prehistoric Art (1.B, 1.C, 5.A, 5.B)
  • 1.3 Theories and Interpretations of Prehistoric Art (7.A, 7.B)
Assessments (check class blog for due dates)
  • Prehistory Pocket Booklet Check
    • Global Prehistory Required Works (11)
    • Things to know about time period
  • Complete Personal Progress Check MCQ on AP Classroom for Unit 1. 
Required Images (11)
001- Apollo 11 Stones
002- Great Hall of Bulls
003- Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
004- Running Horned Woman
005- Bushel with ibex stele
006- Anthropomorphic stele
007- Jade Cong
008- Stonehenge
009- The Ambum stone
010- Tlatilco female figurine
011- Terra cotta fragment

Unit 2: ​Ancient Mediterranean 3,5000BCE - 300CE

Topics (1.A, 1.B, 1.C, 2.A, 2.B, 2.C, 3.A, 5.A, 5.B, 6.A, 6.B,4.A, 4.B,2.B, 2.D,8.A, 8.B)
  • 2.1 Cultural Contexts, Interactions, and Theories of Interpretation of Ancient Near East Art
  • 2.2 Cultural Contexts, Interactions, and Theories of Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Art  (4.A, 4.B)
  • 2.3 Cultural Contexts, Interactions, and Theories of Interpretation of Ancient Greek Art  (2.B, 2.D)
  • 2.4 Cultural Contexts, Interactions, and Theories of Interpretation of Ancient Roman Art   (8.A, 8.B)
  • 2.5 Putting all the Ancient Mediterranean together.
Assessments (check class blog for due dates)
  • Ancient Mediterranean Pocket Booklet Check
  • Complete Personal Progress Check MCQ on AP Classroom for Unit 2
  • Complete Personal Progress Check FRQ Part A on AP Classroom for Unit 2
  • Complete Personal Progress Check FRQ Part B on AP Classroom for Unit 2
Required Images (36)
Ancient Near East (6)
Overview of Near East Art
​12. White Temple and its ziggurat
​14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
​16. 
Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq)
19. 
The Code of Hammurabi
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25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
​30. Audience Hall (
apadana) of Darius and Xerxes Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I, Susa
Ancient Egypt (9 images; 13 parts)
13. Palette of Narmer
15. Seated Scribe
17. Great Pyramids (3) and Sphinx 

18. King Menkaura and queen
20. Temple of Amun-Re and the Hypostyle Hall
21. Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
22. Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and three daughters
23. Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
24. Last judgment of Hunefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead)

Ancient Greece (12 images; 17 parts)
26. Athenian Agora
27. Anavysos Kouros (Part 1/2)
       Part 2
28. Peplos Kore from the Acropolis (part 1/2)
       Part 2
29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses
33. Niobides Krater
34. Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer), Polykleitos​
35. Acropolis (Part 1/6)
  • Part 2 The Parthenon
    •  Part 3 Parthenon sculptures (pediments, metopes and frieze)
    • Part 4 Plaque of the Ergastines
    • Who owns the Parthenon sculptures?
    •  The Many Lives of the Parthenon
  • Part 5 Temple of Athena
    • Part 6 Nike/Victory Adjusting Her Sandal from the Temple of Athena Nike
36. Grave stele of Hegeso
37. Winged Victory of Samothrace
38. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
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41. Seated Boxer
Ancient Rome
31. Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo, Master sculptor Vulca
32. Tomb of the Triclinium​
39. House of the Vettii

40. Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
42. Head of a Roman patrician Veristic male portrait
43. Augustus of Prima Porta
44. Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
45. Forum of Trajan (part 1/2)
  • Part 2 Apollodorus of Damascus Market of Trajan
46. Pantheon
47. Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
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    • Critique
  • NWSA Auditions Help
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  • CYO Art-venture
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  • Grading
  • How to Navigate Site
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