AP Art History?

sophianise
Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:27:02 +0000

I actually really liked it. Maybe it was just my teacher who made it enjoyable, but I think that if you’re interested in art and history then you will probably enjoy it. We had to write a lot of essays and memorize a lot of information and details, so if you’re good at that sort of thing, then you will probably succeed in the class. But it seems like the type of class that you’ll only do well in if you’re interested in it (or really motivated), because there’s lots of reading to do. It’s cool to be able to talk about art I didn’t really know about before, and it was a cool way to learn about culture. I definitely enjoyed the class and benefited from it, but I have to admit that there were really dull and boring parts of the class. But you’ll make it!
As for tips, just make sure you’re making notecards for important art, artists, and vocab as you go along! Also, I think The Annotated Mona Lisa is good for brief review and for architecture from Greek/Roman on. But you don’t really need to buy it, just get it from the library. I just checked it out for the month previous to the AP test. I didn’t really use any other review book, so I can’t really recommend any. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use one! I regret not doing that.

I hope you enjoy it! Good luck!