AP Information

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2013 EXAM DATE  
May 7, 2013 (same day as Computer Science and Spanish)

Test Makeup According to the College Board:
30%     Ancient and Medieval Art
                 - Focus on Greece and Rome
                 - Focus on the Gothic period
20%    Art beyond the European tradition
                 (Includes: Egypt, Near East, Islam, China, Japan, Korea,  
                                Africa, India, Ancient America, and the Pacific)
50%    Renaissance to the present
                  - Slight more focus on the Renaissance 

STRONGLY SUGGESTED
Choose 2 works of art, including a form of architecture, from 2 different cultures beyond the European tradition and study it until they are embedded in your brain!
     Cultures: Egypt, Ancient Near East, Islam, China, India, Japan, Africa, Pre-Columbian America, and the Pacific. Apply these works to frequently asked questions on:

• Power and Authority
• Nature
• Deities
• Sacred Spaces
• Family
• Human Body
• Propaganda
• Violence in Art
• Women in Art
• Portraits
• Domestic Space
• Materials

50 Vocab words YOU SHOULD KNOW!

* From REA's AP Art History

1. Pylon   2. Hypostyle         3. Hierarchical scale 4. Register 5. Repousse       6. Corbelled Vault 7. Kouros 8. Kore 9. Caryatid 10. Pediment 11. Entablature 12. Contrapposto 13. Frieze 14. Mosaic 15. Voussoir 16. Pendentive 17. Iconoclasm

18. Encaustic 19. Enamel 20. Mihrab 21. Westwork 22. Ambulatory 23. Tympanum 24. Clerestory 25. Barrel vault 26. Groin vault 27. Crypt 28. Vellum 29. Diptych 30. Triptych 31. Predella 32. Chiraroscuro 33. Cartoon 34. Encorche

35. Orthagonal 36. Intaglio 37. Impasto 38. Avante-garde 39. Bauhaus 40. Ready-made 41. Cantilever 42. Biomorphic 43. Assemblage 44. Phototype 45. Daguerreotype 46. Stupa 47. Pagoda 48. Pueblo 49. Mudhra 50. Ukiyo-e