REGINALD F. LEWIS
VISUAL ART
Syllabus
Research Project
Falcon Feathers
Elements of Art
Graffiti Wall
Portraiture with Paint
Printmaking
Fiber Art
AP ART HISTORY
Syllabus
Lesson Plans
UNIT 1: Global Prehistory
UNIT 2: Ancient Mediterranean
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Ancient Near East
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Etruria
Ancient Rome
UNIT 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas
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Late Antique Art (Early Christian Art)
Byzantine
Early Medieval
Romanesque
Gothic
Renaissance in Northern Europe
Early Renaissance in Italy (15th Century)
High Renaissance and Mannerism
Baroque Art
Art of New Spain: Spanish Colonies in the Americas
UNIT 4: Later Europe and Americas
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Rococo and Neoclassicism
Romanticism
Late 19th Century Art
Early and Mid-Twentieth-Century Art
UNIT 5: Indigenous Americas
UNIT 6: Africa
UNIT 7: West and Central Asia
UNIT 8: South, East and Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia
China and Korea
Japan
UNIT 9: The Pacific
UNIT 10: Global Contemporary
HOLA!
PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEARS
QUARTER 1
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WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6-7
WEEK 8-9
QUARTER 2
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Week of 1/4
Winter Break Homework
WEEK 12/07-12/23
Week of 11/09-12/04
MIDTERM: MIXED MEDIA PORTRAIT
QUARTER 3
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3RD QTR MAKE-UP WORK
COLOR FIELD PAINTING
ART HISTORY PEEPS
HISTORIC PORTRAITS
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‘Lo que queremos, lo que creemos’
IMAGE TRANSFERS
QUARTER 4
Year in Review: Final Exam
UNIT 8: South, east, and southeast asia
Southeast asia
KEY IDeas
Indian Art stresses the interconnectiveness of all the arts: architecture, painting, and sculpture.
Buddhist and Hindu philosophies form a background to Indian artistic thought.
A blend of various people who invaded India create the unique culture.
Buddhist Philosophies
Teaches individuals how to cope in the world full or misery.
Buddha, Siddhartha, when he was a prince first, rejected worldly concerns and courtly life and decided to live in the country.
Believes in reincarnation, a cycle of birth and rebirth.
Enlightenment, or reaching Nirvana, ends the cycle, through good deeds and living a devotional life to charities, religious fervor, and love of all.
Hindu Philosophies
Many different sects of Hinduism
Belief in the infinite variety of the divine: nature, gods, humans
Orthodox Hindus accept the Vedic (ancient Sanskrit) texts as divine (sacred scriptures)
Vedic texts assign Brahmins (a caste of ritual specialists)
Enlightenment, or reaching Nirvana, ends the cycle, through good deeds and living a devotional life to charities, religious fervor, and love of all.
Common Themes of Buddism
The Lion = Buddha's initial royalty
The Wheel (chakra) = Buddha's law
The Lotus = Buddha's pure nature
Columns surrounds by a wheel = Buddha's teachings
Empty throne, umbrella, footsteps, lone wheel, Bodhi tree = Buddha
Major Hindu gods
Shiva, principal deity, dances to the destruction and rebirth of the world.
Brahma, creator god
Vishnu, preserver god
Laksmi and Parvati, peaceful consorts
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