AP Art History
Calendar 2008-2009

Unit I * Ancient Art

Dates Art History
Chapter and topic
Assignments
Summer Assignment
September 4-10
Starter Kit/Introduction
Chapter 1
Prehistoric Art
Slide List
Study Guide due 9/10
September 11-September 15 Chapter 2
Ancient Near East
Slide List
Study Guide
September 16-September 29 Chapter 3
Art of Ancient Egypt
Slide List
Study Guide
Chapter 2 & 3-Test-9/29
September 30-October 1 Chapter 4
Aegean Art
Slide List
Study Guide
October 2-October 17 Chapter 5
Art of Ancient Greece
Slide List
Study Guide
Test Chapter 4 & 5-10/16 & 10/17
October 20-October 29 Chapter 6
Etruscan & Roman Art
Slide List
Study Guide
Chapter 6 Test-10/29 & 10/30

Unit II * The Middle Ages

October 29-November 4 Chapter 7
Early Christian, Jewish
and Byzantine Art

Slide List
Study Guide
Chapter 7 Quiz-11/4
November 5-November 6 Chapter 14
Early Medieval Art in Europe
Study Guide
Chapter 14-Take-Home Essay Due-11/10
November 7-November 18 Chapter 15
Romanesque Art
Study Guide
Chapter 14 & 15 Test-11/18
November 21-December 2 Chapter 16
Gothic Architecture
Slide List
Study Guide
Chapter 16
Quiz-12/5
December 3-5 Chapter 17
Fourteenth-Century in Europe
Slide List
Study Guide

Unit III * The Renaissance

December 5-19 Chapter 17, 18, and 19
Early Renaissance Art in Europe
Slide List
Study Guide
Chapter 16 (Proto Renaissance) &
Chapter 17 Test-12/11 &12/19
January 5-14 Chapter 20
Sixteenth Century Art in Italy
Slide List-A
Slide List-B
Study Guide
January 15 & 16 Midterm Exam in Class *
January 26 -February 2 Chapter 21
Sixteenth Century Art in Northern Europe
Test-Chapter 20 & 2/11
February 17-27 Chapter 22
Baroque Art
Slide List
Study Guide
Test-Chapter 22-2/26 & 2/27
February 4-12 Chapter 23
Eighteenth Century Art
in Europe and the Americas

Slide List
Study Guide
Test-Chapter 23-3/12
February 4-12 Chapter 23
Eighteenth Century Art
in Europe and the Americas

Slide List
Study Guide
Test-Chapter 23-3/12
February 12-13
Interims 2/13
Ch. 18
Renaissance Art in
Sixteenth Century Europe
Study Guide
Chapter 18 Test-2/12 & 2/13
February 14-20 Ch. 18
(p.724-747)
Northern Renaissance and
Courtly Styles
Study Guide
Chapter 18 Test-2/20
February 21-March 2 Ch. 19
Baroque and Rococo Art
Slide List
Slide List
Study Guide
Chapter 19 Test-3/1 & 3/2
March 5-8 Ch. 19
Early American Art
(p. 815-819) and Chapter 26 (p. 966-975)
Study Guide
Chapter 19 Quiz-3/8
March 9-20 Ch. 26
Neoclassicism and Romanticism
(p. 928-966)
Study Guide
Chapter 28 Test-3/20

Unit IV * The Modern Times

March 21-29 Ch. 27
Realism to Impressionism
in Europe and the United States
Study Guide
Chapter 27 Test-3/29
Take-home Essay due 4/2
April 2-8 Ch. 28
The Rise of Modernism in Europe
(p.1022-1090)
Study Guides
Chapter 29 Test-4/23
April 20-30 Chapter 29, 30 & 31
Art in the United States and
Europe Since World War II
Study Guide
Chapter 30 & 31 Test-4/30
May 1-9 Prepare and
review for the
A P Art History
Overview of Themes
Review chart
Non-western Review
exam on May 13
exam May 13