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Materials:
Text : Primary: Kleiner, Fred, Gardner's Art Through The Ages 15th ed., Cengage Learning 2016. Text is provided.
Secondary: Stokstad, Marilyn, Cothren, Michael W., Art History. 5th ed. Pearson Education Company, 2011. (On line resources available to
complement texts!) .copies in classroom
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS ( students purchase):
Summer Reading/Assignments
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Secondary: Stokstad, Marilyn, Cothren, Michael W., Art History. 5th ed. Pearson Education Company, 2011. (On line resources available to
complement texts!) .copies in classroom
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS ( students purchase):
- Carol Strickland’s The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern. Andrews and McMeel, 1992. ( available at Amazon) OPTIONAL!!!! I will have it loaded online in Dropbox
- Barron’s AP Art History Test Preparation Guide 4th edition August 2018 Edition John Nici ( available at Barnes & Noble or Amazon)
- The Secret Lives of Great Artists Elizabeth Lunday and Mario Zucca ISBN-10: 9781594742576, Available on Amazon for 12.76 or 9.99 for kindle
Summer Reading/Assignments
- “Skim” through the Barrons – cover to cover.
- Read The Annotated Mona Lisa –cover to cover
- Select 4 Artists from Secret Lives book. Write two paragraph's ( 1 summarizing the style of each of the 4, and 1 stating something you found interesting about the artist) Due 1st day of class after Labor Day.. Typed and paper version.
- Field Trip! Visit a museum - local, regional, national,or international! Visit the museum shop. Buy and send me a postcard (at home) from a museum you visit, and include a note on the back about why you chose that image! Due before day 1 of class!
1091 44th street
Des Moines. Iowa 50311