AP+Art+History+Content+and+Pacing

AP Art History Course Content and Pacing: The following content table reflects other results of the most recent college surveys, showing the content areas generally covered in these college courses and a percentage range of course time devoted to each content area. This information may be especially helpful for teachers and students. The AP Art History Exam generally reflects this coverage.

  || //Content // || //Approximate Percentages // || //Total // || A. Greece and Rome B. Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval C. Romanesque D. Gothic  || 10–15% 5–10% 3–7% 7–10%  || **30% ** //First grading period // || A. Fourteenth Through Sixteenth Centuries B. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries C. Nineteenth Century D. Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic;"> || <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular;">12–17% 10–15% 10–15% 10–15% <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic;"> || **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">50% ** <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;"> //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic;">Second grading period // || **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">– **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular;">Africa <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic;"> || <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic;"> || **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">20% ** //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic;">Third grading period // ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: SerifaStd-Bold; msobidifontfamily: SerifaStd-Bold;">College Course Coverage **
 * **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">I. Ancient Through Medieval **
 * **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">II. Renaissance to Present **
 * **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">III. Beyond European Artistic Traditions **
 * <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">– **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular;">the Americas
 * <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">– **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular;">Asia
 * <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">– **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular;">Near East
 * <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">– **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular;">Oceania
 * <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold;">– **<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular;">global Islamic traditions

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-RegularmsoBidiFontFamily;">The fourth grading period is reserved for writing practice and content review from the __Annotated Mona Lisa__ and the __Annotated Arch__ as well as visual identification of slides and images.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-RegularmsoBidiFontFamily;">The AP Art History Exam requires students to write two 30-minute essays. Both of these 30-minute essay questions ask students to use specific examples from different times and/or cultures. One of the questions asks students to use specific examples <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; msobidifontfamily: CenturyOldStyleStd-RegularmsoBidiFontFamily;">selected from at least one culture from beyond the European tradition.