Ap Art History

astromom
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:23:51 +0000

Hi,

I’ll preface this by saying that I’m not very familiar with the AP Art History curriculum. If you plan to take the exam, go to AP Central and get the course outline (which includes sample questions) and look up the available past free response questions. You can also look up resources recommendations under “teacher resources.”

I have seen on this board a number of recommendations for “The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern” by Carol Strickland.

One resource I can highly recommend are the Teaching Company DVDs on art history. My daughter is currently watching the series on “A History of European Art” and finds it very engaging. I think you might find the insight and passion that your first teacher had. You would need to explore other lecture sets to cover all of the AP curriculum. Here is a link to their fine arts courses. [The Teaching Company - Courses By Subject](The Great Courses)
See if your library carries them–many libraries do. If not, look online for used copies. The prices for new copies are pretty high, even when on sale.

Good luck.