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Welcome to Art History at Cranford High School!
Art History is an area of study that explores the development of culture and art throughout time. I encourage you to open your minds to new ways of thinking - cultures differ across place and time, and considering the view points of cultures outside of your own is essential. As culture and art are inexorably linked, being open to understanding other cultures will help you to better appreciate and understand the variety of art we will be studying.

Check this Web page regularly
The Art History Part 1, Part 2, and AP courses are very challenging. We will explore art from the Paleolithic era to today. There is much to accomplish in a short amount of time we have from September to June. We will examine, think, and write about significant works of art created throughout the centuries. Be sure to check further down on this webpage regularly for assignments, course information, links to homework files, and special internet site links. Additional links can be found under the tabs above.

For those who love to read : Here are a few suggestions.

Image Challenge: up to 5 points extra credit in Tests & Quizzes category

Previous Challenges:

What theme would you choose?
Both of these images are discussed in your book, but you can find more detailed information online to support your thoughts.
1 point: Fully identify both works.
2 points: Choose a theme that these works both connect to and explain why you chose it -or- Create FOUR good questions - requiring answers beyond yes or no - about the connections that could be made between these works.
2 points: Create a compare and contrast list for these works based on subject, style, and significance.

Use this worksheet as a guide.

E-mail me your answers by Tuesday May 8, 2012.

Theme Time Essay: 6 points in Projects category

Starting in October of 2011: Write a monthly essay. Use the following themes - one theme per month. You may use the images listed here or select your own...one of your selections must be art "BET". Fully identify the two works you will be discussing and explain how each work relates to the identified theme. Discuss how each work reflects the cultural values and/or beliefs of its time period and/or the place where it was made. Although this is not a compare and contrast essay you may wish to use this comparison worksheet to help you organize your thoughts.
Remember to fully identify each work, and to discuss subject, style and significance within the context of the theme.
Use specific examples, facts, and details to support your answer.

The links included here are simply to get you started...refer to your book as well as other reliable sources.

E-mail your answers to me.

Depicting God: Shiva Nataraja with the Amien's trumeau statue of the Beau Dieu (be careful to read the correct section of the article.) Both of these works are discussed in your book, although the Shiva Nataraja is a different version of the same imagery.

"Violence in Art" and/or "Narrative in Art": The Burning of Sanjo Palace with Trajan's Column or The Bayeux Tapestry (images)- (historical info). All of these works are also discussed in your book.

Sacred Space: Great Stupa at Sanchi or The Dome of the Rock with The Pantheon or Hagia Sofia . All of these works are also discussed in your book.

Social Commentary: Turner's Slave Ship with Ye Yushan's Rent Collection Courtyard Link to full image of this installation. Both of these works are discussed in your book.

Mother and Child: Mary Cassatt's The Child's Bath with Kitagawa Utamaro's Midnight: The Hours of the Rat; Mother and Sleepy Child. The Cassatt work is discussed in your book. Although the Utamaro work is not in your book, this type of work is discussed in chapter 27.

Human Body in Art: Shiva Nataraja with Donatello's David.Both of these works are discussed in your book, although the Shiva Nataraja is a different version of the same imagery.

Narrative in Art: Olowe of Ise's Palace door (click on the second link on the left and then select "more>>>" below the palace door information)(more Palace Door information) with Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise.The Ghiberti image is discussed in your book, but the Olowe of Ise piece is not.

message 4/5/12: Enjoy your Spring Break with some light reading! Chapters 29 and 33...why not take a look at chapter 34 too. Use those study guides. Remember to check out the link at the top of this website titled "Global Themes in Art."
Be prepared to participate in classroom activities and discussions by keeping up with the readings and study guides listed below.

In-class assignment if I am absent: Use the online textbook companion site,online Culture and Values textbook site, other online resources, and/or any of the art history books on the cart in the classroom to complete any handouts you have been given for the unit.

New Study Guides and Due dates :
Complete reading of Chapt. 29 by April 16
Complete reading of Chapt. 33 by April 18
Complete reading of Chapt. 34 by April 24

Chapter 29 packet- complete with reading
Chapter 33 packet- complete with reading
Chapter 34 packet- complete with reading

World Cultures (BET) Project Guidesheet
Download this guide and use throughout the year to prepare for the exam: Review for AP Exam Study Guide

Upcoming Quizzes & Tests

April 17 Test: The Rise of Modernism - Chapter 29
April 20 Test: Chapter 33
April 27 Test: Chapter 34
Upcoming AP Exam: Tuesday afternoon, May 8, 2012

Beyond the European Tradition :
Smithsonian Institute African Art Museum .
Smithsonian Institute exhibit of art of the Chola Region of India
The Asia Society
Smithsonian Institute Museum of the American Indian
Library of Congress exhibit of Ukiyo-e prints

Interactive Site for Architecture. You can view 360^o pans of various great cathedrals of Europe and other great works of architecture from various time periods...very cool!