Ap Art History

AP ART HISTORY
Non-Western Art Unit

Photo Story Project

You will be researching, writing, storyboarding, and editing a photo story project on a period or type of non-Western art. You are responsible for completing your own project despite the fact that more than one person will be working on some of these topics. Given our time constraints, you will need to complete most of this work on your own time. There will be a test on all of this material on Monday, April 28, 2008. You will be responsible to view all of the projects on your own time to prepare for the test. Don’t let your classmates down: you are providing (possibly) their only exposure to this material for the AP Exam!

Content:

·  Instruct students about the artworks and period you are assigned. Provide relevant facts about the works as well as a formal analysis of them and their period. If there is vocabulary, define it well.

·  Of course, read the relevant chapter in our textbook and do research online and in the practice test books some people have. You may also consult any planning material I have for these lessons.

·  Use graphics and titles often.

·  Be sure to document sources for information!

Images:

·  Include the artworks prescribed for you. In some cases you should provide several views of the work, including close-up detail.

·  You may use non-assigned works from the period but don’t get carried away.

·  Image size MINIMUM: 400 x 600; bigger is better in this case.

·  Save these files on your IH “My Documents” or on an USB key. Keep organized. Don’t find yourself having to redo your image searches.

·  Be sure to document your sources for images!

Sound:

·  When you record your voice, speak up, enunciate, and don’t rush. Silence and pauses are more effective than racing through the material.

·  Include appropriate cultural music (you must own the rights for its use) but ensure it’s not too loud and doesn’t drown out your narration. PhotoStory has some preset music for you to use.

Editing:

·  Microsoft PhotoStory 3 for Window XP is available on the school’s computers but can also be downloaded for free for your use at home.

·  Use appropriate but not distracting transitions.

Exporting:

·  You may save PhotoStory in your “My Documents” folder for editing.

·  Export the finished project to public folder “ART HISTORY PHOTO STORY PROJECT” for viewing. It exports as a Windows Media file. We will also make these available for you to view from home via CD or online.

Buddhist Art in India

1.) KAYLIN MARINO 2.) MEGAN ELIZONDO

Art/Architecture:

·  Great Stupa, third century BCE to first century CE, Sanchi, India

·  Seated Buddha Preaching the First Sermon, 450-500, Archeological Museum, Sarnath

·  Bodhisattva Padmapani, 450-500, Ajanta, India

Companion Art:

·  Meditating Buddha from Gandhara, Pakistan, 2nd century, National Museum of Scotland

Vocabulary:

·  Bodhisattva

·  Mudra

·  Nirvana

·  Stupa

·  Torana

Hindu Art in India

1.) HANNAH ZIVALIC 2.) SARA BRYANT-TABONE

Art/Architecture:

·  Visvanatha Temple, c. 1000, Khajuraho, India

·  Shiva as Natarja, c. 1000 CE

Companion Art:

·  Seated Buddha Preaching the First Sermon, The Great Stupa

Vocabulary:

·  Shiva

·  Urna

Chinese Sculpture

1.) ERIN LIM 2.) CLARE O’BRIEN

Art/Architecture:

·  Guang, 12th Century BCE, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

·  Bi, 4th-3rd Century BCE, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City

·  Tomb of Emperor Shih Huang Ti, c. 210 BCE, Lintong, China (slides of whole tomb should be complemented by those of individual figures)

·  Vaironcana Buddha, 675, Luoyang, China

Companion Art:

·  The Great Wall of China, Seated Buddha Preaching the First Sermon

Vocabulary:

·  Bi

·  Guang

·  T’ao-t’ieh

Chinese Architecture

1.) BRIGHTON EARLEY 2.) ELIZABETH SWITZER

Art/Architecture:

·  Foguang Si Pagoda, 1056, Yingxian, China

·  Forbidden City, 15th century BCE, Bejing, China

Companion Art:

·  Great Stupa

Vocabulary:

·  Pagoda

Chinese Painting

1.) NINA AGUILAR 2.) ALEX MAXIM

Art/Architecture:

·  Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring, early 13th Century, National Museum, Taibei

·  Dong Qichang, Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains, 1617 CE, Cleveland Museum

Vocabulary:

·  Ying & Yang

Early Japanese Art

1.) REBECCA DECKER 2.) NICOLE LOGO

Art/Architecture:

·  Phoenix Hall, 1053 CE, Uji, Japan

·  Flying Storehouse, from Legend of Mount Shigi, late 12th Century, Chogosonshiji, Nara

·  Burning of the Sanjo Palace, 13th Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Companion Art:

·  Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring; Forbidden City, a suit of Japanese armor

Vocabulary:

·  Kondo

·  Yamato-e

Later Japanese Art

1.) KAT HIGASHIYAMA 2.) AJABLEU OLDHAM

Art/Architecture:

·  Katsura Palace, 1620-1663, Kyoto, Japan (several slides necessary)

·  Suzuki Harunobu, Evening Bell at the Clock from Eight Views of the Parlor, 1765, Art Institute of Chicago

·  Hokusai, The Great Wave from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, 1826-1833, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Companion Art:

·  Cassatt, The Bath; Degas, Ballet Rehearsal; Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold (The Falling Rocket)

Vocabulary:

·  Ukiyo-e

Pre-Classic Art of the Americas

1.) CARYOLYN MANNING

Art/Architecture:

·  Colossal Head, 900-400 BCE, La Venta, Mexico

·  Pyramid of the Sun, 50-200 CE, Teotihuacan, Mexico

Companion Art:

·  Pyramids of Gizeh; Head of Constantine

The Mayans

1.) SARAH BEECH 2.) BARINYA MORALES

Art/Architecture:

·  The Caracol, 800-900, Chichen-Itza, Mexico

·  Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc, 725, British Museum, London

·  Bonampak Frescoes, 790 CE; copy at Peabody Museum, Harvard University

Companion Art:

·  Pyramid of the Sun; Victory Stele of Naram-Sin; Standard of Ur, a chacmool

Vocabulary:

·  Chacmool

Native Art of the Americas after 1200

1.) MARIA CANAS 2.) ANN PARK

Art/Architecture:

·  Cliff Palace, 1150-1300, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

·  Machu Picchu, 15th Century, Peru

·  Coaticue, 1487-1520, National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City

·  Martinez, Jar, 1939, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC

Vocabulary:

·  Kiva

·  Pueblo

Early African Art

1.) KRISTEN VASILEV 2.) ANGELA ASISTIO

Art/Architecture:

·  Nok Head, 500-200 BCE, National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria

·  Ife King Figure, 11th-12th Century, Ife Museum, Ife, Nigeria

·  Ivory Belt Mask of a Queen Mother, c. 1550 Metropolitan Museum, New York

·  Altar to the Hand and Arm, 17th-18th Century, British Museum, London

Companion art:

·  Picasso and Cubists

Vocabulary:

·  Cire Perdue

·  Scarification

Later African Art

1.) LOLLY LIM

Art/Architecture:

·  Dogon Couple, 1800-1850, Metropolitan Museum, New York

·  Nail Figure from Kongo, 1875-1900, Detroit Institute of the Arts

·  Mende Female Mask, 20th Century, Fowler Museum, Los Angeles

Oceanic Art

1.) DANIELLE SWAN

Art/Architecture:

·  Bisj Poles, 1900-1950, New Guinea

·  Hawaiian War God, 18th-19th Century, British Museum, London

·  Maoi, 10th-12th Century, Easter Island

Important Dates:

Feb. 25 Informal notes, images due

March 3 Completed storyboards due

March 10 Photo story instruction

April 7 Final project due

April 28 Full period Non-Western Art Test

To give you an idea how you will need to use the material you present or is presented to you on the AP Exam, here are the 30-minute essay questions from the past five years that have required you to discuss a non-Western work of art.

2007

Throughout history, art representing hostility and violence has been used for a variety of purposes. Select and fully identify two such works of art from two different cultures, one of which must be from beyond the European tradition. Explain how and why each communicated hostility or violence.

2006

Representations of the natural world or motifs from nature are found in the art of all times and places. Choose and fully identify two appropriate works of art from two different cultures. One of your choices must be from beyond the European tradition. Explain how and why each work uses representations of the natural world or motifs from nature.

2005

Most cultures have made use of art’s narrative function. Select and fully identify two works of art that visually convey a narrative. At least one of your choices must be from beyond the European tradition. Identify the subject of the narrative and discuss the means used to convey the narrative.

2004

How a culture is perceived is often expressed in depictions of the human figure. Choose two specific depictions of the human body from different cultures. Only one of your choices may be from a European artistic tradition. Discuss significant aspects of each culture that are revealed by the way in which the human body is depicted.

2003

The human body is often stylized or abstracted in works of art. Fully identify two works from different cultures in which the body has been highly stylized or abstracted. At least one of your choices must be from beyond the European tradition. Discuss how the stylization or abstraction of each figure is related to cultural and/or religious ideas.