Rome literally has the mother-load of pieces from the AP Art History curriculum (Paris & London are probably the only other cities that can complete). You can spend your entire time in Rome searching for the 250 and luckily they line up with the other cool tourist things to do too. FYI, technically speaking Vatican [...]
Category: 10. Global Contemporary
Art History Hunting in D.C.
I was in Washington, D.C. a couple of weekends ago with an old AP Art History/ Humanities student of mine to go museum hopping and as you can image we ran into a few of the pieces from the AP Art History 250 curriculum. Take a look below: Migration Series, Jacob Lawrence Panel no. 49 [...]
Writing & Art
Writing can be the art itself, or it can accompany the art, assisting in its interpretation and narrative. Utilizing writing in art allows the informed audience to add a deeper layer of meaning to the piece. The Vienna Genesis (below) is an example of writing complementing the art in which the writing coincides with the vignette shown. [...]
AP Art History Hunting over Thanksgiving 2016
New York City, New York Seagram Building Museum of Modern Art Woman I, Willem de Kooning Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso Boston, Massachusetts Museum of Fine Art Slave Ship, J.M.W. Turner Menkaure and Queen Where Do We Come From? Where Are We Going?, Paul Gauguin Composition with Blue, Yellow, and [...]
Art Through Time: A Global View
So I have had the privileged to meet up with a few AP Art History teachers in the past few weeks and the one thing I notice more people need to know about is Annenberg Learner's series: "Art Through Time: A Global View." I take the time to show ALL episodes with my AP [...]
