AP Art History Class On Track?

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<p>Yo people,</p>

<p>I was wondering where your AP Art History class is up to in terms of types of art or years? (Please do not answer this if you are self studying or know your school is accelerated or does something weird)</p>

<p>We use Gardner’s Art Through the Ages (ed. 11) and we are up to chapter 24, and there are 34 chapters. This places us at French Mannerism, ~1500/1600s. This means we have 300 pages to go, and only about a month to cram it all in.</p>

<p>Also, how effective would using the Barrons Art History book to self study be? Has anyone used this in the past and can testify to its useful(or useless)-ness?</p>

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<p>Ok, first things first. Your class is way behind. According to the Course Description booklet 10 - 15 percent of the test is devoted to the 17th and 18th Centuries, 10 - 15 percent is devoted to the 19th Century and 10 - 15 percent is devoted to the 20th Century. This means that you are going to have to do some serious self-studying. I recommend that you get a copy of The Annotated Mona Lisa because of its excellent coverage of painting from the Renaissance to the Present. This is a must. Second, I recommend that you get a copy of REA’s Art History. It totally outperformed Barron’s on the just released 2009 AP Art History exam. If you can you should also go to the College Board Online Store and buy a copy of the 2009 exam. Good luck.</p>

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<p>My class is using the same textbook, and we are on chapter 33 (Early 20th century).</p>

<p>We were told to self-study Japanese, Chinese, Indian, and Islamic art though.</p>

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<p>We just started out impressionism (late 19th century?) :
at the start of the year we had group projects on japanese/chinese/indian etc…
but we did cover islamic in class</p>