Alexander Hamilton High School AP / Honors Art History Dr. Coad

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” Albert Einstein

“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” Francis Bacon

AP and Honors Art History Syllabus Class expectations Attendance Collaborative learning Grading scale AP Exam

How to succeed in Art History: 1: Don’t miss class 2: Take notes in class – what we talk about is important and what’s on daily tests 3: Do your own work 4: Read the text book

Why read the AP and Honors Art History Textbooks? “ Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life” Charles Scribner

How to succeed in Art History: 5: Ask for help if you’re falling behind (from me and from others) 6: Raise your hand in class – ask questions, contribute ! 7: Take quizzes and test seriously

The Importance of Education Iris Murdock “ Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free, if we are, or because we’ve been educated, if we have – but because education may be the means by which we realize we are happy. It opens our eyes, our ears; it tells us where delights are lurking, convinces us that there is only one freedom of any importance whatsoever – that of the mind.”\

Art History Grading / Grades 1: Class presentations and homework assignments 25% 2: Tests and examinations: daily quizzes & unit exams and final exam 55% 3: Individual projects and special assignments 20% Note: percentages are approximate

Art History Grading / Grades Each assignment/test will be graded out of a maximum point total. Student’s mid-term / final grade will be total points earned out of the total possible points for each marking period (e.g. 1230/1600 = B) Grading Scale A = 90 - 100% B = 75 - 90% C = 60 - 75% D = 50 - 60% F = below 50%

Test Make-up: Daily quizzes missed due to illness or family emergency (Excused Absences #1 or #2 only) can be made up (during nutrition and/or lunch) at regular intervals (before the next 5-week grading period if possible). Failure to take the test will mean a grade of “0" will be entered in the roll book for that test. It is the student’s responsibility to remember to attend makeup text with the instructor. Make up times for larger tests, such as Unit Tests, will take place pre arranged times, after school and during lunch and nutrition

Periodic Grades For each grading period (5,10,15 and 20 week) 250 points (approximately equal to one daily quiz) will be taken off the total.

Homework Deadlines: If a student is absent on the day homework is due, they must turn in the homework the first day back from an absence to receive credit. Students are responsible for knowing homework assigned during their absence and will be expected to turn in those assignments on the first day back from an absence. Students are responsible for finding out from classmates (in their Cue Card Group) homework assigned during their absence.

Homework Deadlines: Being absent from class does not exempt the student from knowing what was missed during their absence, nor failing to turn in homework on the first day back after an absence and taking the daily quiz or unit test.

Textbooks: Student must keep their Art History textbooks at home (NOT at school) Textbooks are available in the Library (on a non-circulating basis) and are also available in several classrooms in the Humanities Building NOTE: Student are required to sign a textbook form on which they agree to pay the replacement price of lost or severely damaged textbooks

Term Assignments: Term essays and assignments cannot be turned in late unless with prior consent. Extra Credit: there are no extra credit assignments

Special Needs: Students with special needs, such as students with “504" accommodations, should meet with the instructor and discuss individual accommodations for classroom work, homework and tests.

ART HISTORY NOTE BOOKS First section: syllabus, grading Unit sections with dividers, in chronological order: 1: Unit sheet 2: notes, handouts, all tests Non western art unit sheets notes, assignments

Art History introductory concepts What is Art ? What is Culture ? Where does art come from ? Ways of looking at art What does art do ? Basic questions to ask when looking at works of art

AP and Honors Art History What is ART ?

What is ART ?

What is ART “The conscious use of skill and creative imagination in the production of an aesthetic object”

What is ART 1 The conscious use of 2 skill and 3 creative imagination 4 in the production of an 5 aesthetic object”

What is culture ?

What is culture ? The behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought, especially as expressed in a particular community or period.

Where does art come from ?

Where does art come from ?

Where does art come from ? Spirituality Intellect Emotion Subconscious Sexuality

What does art do ?

What does art do ?

What does art do ?

What does art do ? 1: to assist us in rituals that promote our spiritual or physical well-being 2: to give us pictures/images of deities, or help us conceive what divinity might be 3: to commemorate or serve the dead

What does art do ? 4: to assert power and authority of the state and/or ruler 5: to celebrate war, conquest and/or peace 6: to protest political or social injustice

What does art do ? 7: to promote cohesion within a social group 8: to record the likenesses of individuals and the context in which the individuals exist 9: to entertain

What does art do ? 10: to educate (us about ourselves and the world around us, and our collective past) 11: to communicate an individuals thoughts, ideas, and emotions 12: …………..

Ways of Looking at Art: Phenomenological Historical Formal Stylistic Iconographic