Art History
Below you will find the weekly breakdown of our content as well as links to resources used in class. Also, please feel free to contact me (on the contact page) if you have any questions or concerns.
SEPT 2 - 6
Sept 2nd: NO SCHOOL
Sept 3rd: NO SCHOOL
Sept 4th: Intro and overview of syllabus
Sept 5th: "Is it Art" discussion
Sept 6th: Defining "Art" and "How to look at a painting"
SEPT 9 - 13
Sept 9th: Practice analyzing with "Raft of the Medusa" / Elements of art and Principles of design / Art Vocab Assignment
Sept 10th: Class does not meet
Sept 11th: Continue Art Vocab Assignment / Textbook Scavenger Hunt
Sept 12th: Begin Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Sept 13th: Continue Cave of Forgotten Dreams
SEPT 16 - 20
Sept 16th: Finish Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Sept 17th: Class does not meet
Sept 18th: Begin work on "Ancient Near East" assignment
Sept 19th: Continue "Ancient Near East" assignment
Sept 20th: Continue "Ancient Near East" assignment
SEPT 23 - 27
Sept 23rd: Tie up some loose ends due to my absence - Paleolithic to Neolithic age - Easter Island study
Sept 24th: Class does not meet
Sept 25th: Egypt Pre-Dynasty
Sept 26th: Egypt Continued - carts 5 and 6 reserved
Sept 27th: Nova Exploration - carts 5 and 6 reserved
SEPT 30 - OCT 4
Sept 30th: Intro to "Art Heist" Project / Study guide for test Friday
Oct 1st: Class does not meet
Oct 2nd: Nova web-quest (Egypt due at start of class / Library day for Art Heist project - notes sheet (keep this!)
Oct 3rd: Old Kingdom Journal work
Oct 4th: Unit 1 Test / Middle Kingdom - Valley of the Kings
OCT 7 - 11
Oct 7th: Continue lecture of Egyptian Artwork within the New Kingdom. You may access the presentation here: Egyptian Art lecture
Oct 8th: Class does not meet
Oct 9th: Art Heist Work Day - Students received a group project planning sheet as an aide for planning
Oct 10th: Book of the Dead - Early Aegean
Oct 11th: Minoan-Archaic - Classical
OCT 14 - 18
Oct 14th: No School
Oct 15th: Mycenaean Art and Structure / extra time will be used for group art heist project
Oct 16th: PSAT Day - No class
Oct 17th: Greek Art - Archaic Period with reading
Oct 18th: Greek Art - Acropolis reading / "Secrets of the Parthenon" video
OCT 21 - OCT 25
Oct 21st: Continue "Secrets of the Parthenon" video with guide / reading in class for Hellenistic Period
Oct 22nd: Class does not meet
Oct 23rd: Quiz on Hellenistic Period / Finish "Secrets of the Parthenon" / Time for Art Heist Project
Oct 24th: Mediterranean Art Project
Oct 25th: Mediterranean Art Project
OCT 28 - NOV 1
Oct 28th: Mediterranean Art Project - Clay day and example
Oct 29th: Class does not meet
Oct 30th: Clay work day - vote taken to skip Art Heist Project work for this week
Oct 31st: Laptop Cart 5 reserved for project - Project due Monday
Nov 1st: Final work day for Mediterranean Project - Due Monday
NOV 4 - 8
Nov 4th: Turn in of the project for Aegean Art/Greek Art
Nov 5th: Class does not meet
Nov 6th: Continue work on Art Heist Project in library
Nov 7th: Roman art and architecture lecture
Nov 8th: Roman art and architecture lecture continued
NOV 11 - 15
Nov 11th: No School - Veterans Day
Nov 12th: Class does not meet
Nov 13th: Architectural basics of Greco-Roman: guide
Nov 14th: Use the following links for assignment: Peristyle, Vaults, Columns, Hemispherical Dome
Nov 15th: Building a Civilization video and guide
NOV 18 - 22
Nov 18th: Rome: "Engineering an Empire" video / Introduce next project
Nov 19th: Class does not meet
Nov 20th: Full day in Library to work on
Nov 21st: Far East and the Americas Project planning (rubric)
Nov 22nd: Far East and the Americas Project planning
NOV 25 - 29
Nov 25th: Final Project work day - Examples shown (Students should plan on finishing construction of their board in class on Wednesday)
Nov 26th: Class does not meet
Nov 27th: Projects need to be finished and up by end of class - reflection will take place after Thanksgiving
Nov 28th: No School - Thanksgiving Break
Nov 29th: No School - Thanksgiving
DEC 2 - 6
Dec 2nd: Reflections on Far East and Americas Projects - Begin Byzantine Art Unit
Dec 3rd: Class does not meet
Dec 4th: Full day in library to complete work on the Art Heist Projects.
Dec 5th: Concept Formation lesson on Byzantine Art
Dec 6th: Byzantine Art continued
DEC 9 - 13
Dec 9th: Study guide handed out...test next Monday
Dec 10th: Class does not meet
Dec 11th: Art Heist Presentation #1: Nazi Art Thefts during WWII
Dec 12th: Art Heist Presentation #2: 2000 Sweden’s National Museum
Dec 13th: Art Heist Presentation #3: E.G. Bührle Collection in Zurich
DEC 16 - 20
Dec 16th: #4: Cat Burglar Robs the Musee d’Art Moderne followed by unit 2 exam (study guide)
Dec 17th: Class does not meet
Dec 18th: SAM Field Trip Day! (Students should arrive at school by 9:15 and will be finished with school at the normal time of 3:45)
Dec 19th: Art Heist Presentation #5: Marmottan Museum in Paris and #6: 2002 Vincent Van Gogh Museum
Dec 20th: Art Heist Presentation #7: 1961 Duke of Wellington Have a great winter break
JAN 6 - 10
Jan 6th: Welcome back! Finish Oceans 12 video
Jan 7th: Class does not meet
Jan 8th: Finish Oceans 12 / Intro to Renaissance Art - Presentation - top 4 breakthroughs
Jan 9th: Continued "top 4 breakthroughs / Northern Renaissance
Jan 10th: Northern Renaissance continued
JAN 13 - 17
Jan 13th: School cancelled due to snow
Jan 14th: Class does not meet
Jan 15th: Continue Northern Renaissance video / Masaccio and the hall of famers / Essay work packet
Jan 16th: Medici 1 / Khan Academy Dead Christ
Jan 17th: Medici 2 / Khan Academy Last Supper
JAN 20 - 24
Jan 20th: NO SCHOOL - MLK Jr. Day
Jan 21st: Special Schedule (class does meet today)
Jan 22nd: Class does not meet (Finals Schedule)
Jan 23rd: Final Exam Testing Day
Jan 24th: Class does not meet (Finals Schedule)
JAN 27 - 31
Jan 27th: No School - Teacher in-service
Jan 28th: Class does not meet
Jan 29th: Period Masterpiece Project overview / Movement research and selection process.
Jan 30th: "Self-portrait" activity / "Portraits" of the Renaissance Greats
Jan 31st: "Portraits" of the Renaissance Greats continued
FEB 3 - 7
Feb 3rd: Renaissance Breakout sessions - Specific Case studies
Feb 4th: Class does not meet
Feb 5th: Period Masterpiece Project workday - Planning / sketch work / idea percolation
Feb 6th: Renaissance Review and Recap
Feb 7th: Due to late start, the Renaissance exam will be moved to Monday...you lucked out!
FEB 10 - 14
Feb 10th: Renaissance Exam Today
Intro to Renaissance Presentation
Feb 11th: Class does not meet
Feb 13th: Period Masterpiece Project Workday
Feb 14th: Intro to Baroque Art Period
Feb 15th: Bernini and the continuation of the Baroque Art lecture
FEB 24 - 28
Feb 24th: Rococo Art vs Baroque Art in France and England
Feb 25th: Class does not meet
Feb 26th: Period Masterpiece Project Workday
Feb 27th: Rococo Continued (book assignment in class)
Feb 28th: Intro to Neoclassicism / Jacques Louis-David
MAR 2 - 6
Mar 2nd: Neoclassicism Architecture / American Neoclassicism (article)
Mar 3rd: Class does not meet
Mar 4th: Period Masterpiece Project Workday
Mar 5th: American Art Begins!
Mar 6th: Start Romanticism / Death of Sardanapolus” and “Liberty Leading the People”
MAR 9 - 13
Mar 9th: Romanticism vs Neoclassicism / Delacroix
Mar 10th: Class does not meet
Mar 11th: Period Masterpiece Project Workday
Mar 12th: Romanticism - Fredrich / Constable / Turner
Mar 13th American Romanticism Activity
MAR 16 - 20
Mar 16th: Goya
Mar 17th: Class does not meet
Mar 18th: Period Masterpiece Project Workday
Mar 19th: Goya "Saturn Devouring Children" clip / 60 minutes Modern Art
Mar 20th: Intro to Impressionism / Khan Academy-water lilies and cliff walk
MAR 23 - 27
Mar 23rd: Monet Continued
Mar 24th: Class does not meet
Mar 25th: Period Masterpiece Project Workday
Mar 26th: Renoir/Degas Post Impressionism Intro
Mar 27th: Seurat / Seurat Khan Academy / Cezanne