Ms Kotcher's​APAH Website
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      • APAH Glossary
      • ARTCARD instructions
    • 1. Global Prehistory
    • 2. The Pacific
    • 3. Indigenous Americas
    • 4. Africa
    • 5. South, East, and Southeast Asia
    • 6. West and Central Asia
    • 7. Ancient Mediterranean
    • 8. Early Europe and Colonial Americas
    • 9. Later Europe and Americas
    • 10. Global Contemporary
  • Unit Exam Dates
    • Quizlet
  • AP 250 List of Required Works
  • Essay Writing
  • Can't Get Enough Art...Blog
  • Summer Homework
  • Student Art Projects
  • Sweet art finds
  • Home
    • About Ms Kotcher
  • APAH overview
    • APAH Syllabus and Exam Info
  • Units
    • Introduction >
      • APAH Glossary
      • ARTCARD instructions
    • 1. Global Prehistory
    • 2. The Pacific
    • 3. Indigenous Americas
    • 4. Africa
    • 5. South, East, and Southeast Asia
    • 6. West and Central Asia
    • 7. Ancient Mediterranean
    • 8. Early Europe and Colonial Americas
    • 9. Later Europe and Americas
    • 10. Global Contemporary
  • Unit Exam Dates
    • Quizlet
  • AP 250 List of Required Works
  • Essay Writing
  • Can't Get Enough Art...Blog
  • Summer Homework
  • Student Art Projects
  • Sweet art finds
Ms Kotcher's​APAH Website

Why are some creations more "special" than others?
​How do things get chosen to be in museums?

Blog: Global Contemorary

3/27/2017

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions. Add the video and article to your blog. 

1. Read the article on Dismaland. Watch the video. What is your reaction to this form of art? Is it art? Do you think it art should be political or bring to light social injustice? Think of your culture and how this artwork would be received by the people. 

2. Choose an artwork from Global Contemporary that brings awareness to a social injustice. Do you think the artwork is successful in helping chance the viewers perceptions? Why or Why not? 
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Article: Welcome to Dismaland: A First Look at Banksy’s New Art Exhibition Housed Inside a Dystopian Theme Park

Blog: Later Europe and AMericas (2)

3/7/2017

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions. 

Which artwork has shocked you from Unit 9? Why? In today's world, what might shock a museum visitor? How would the same artwork shock different cultures? 

Blog: Later Europe and Americas (1)

2/28/2017

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions. 

​Read the following excerpt, paraphrase it, and list the examples of works we've studied or images from popular culture that support ideas expressed within the excerpt. 
"In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy on to the female form, which is styled accordingly. In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness. Woman displayed as sexual object is the leit-motif of erotic spectacle...she holds the look, plays to and signifies male desire." - Laura Mulvey, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.

Blog: Early Europe and Colonial Americas (2)

2/8/2017

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions. 

Imagine yourself 20 years from now. You have achieved success and are being honored with a painted portrait that will be hung in public. How would you pose? How would you be dressed? What expression would you be wearing and what would you do with your hands? What kind of setting would you choose? What objects would be near you? Remember, people's ideas of you will be forever based on this: who do you want to be? 

Blog: APAH jerusalem Trip

2/1/2017

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions.
  • Paragraph 1: Reflect on our visit to the Israel Museum.
         What did you find meaning in, connections to? Does it help to see artworks we study in person?              What was your favorite work/s and why?
  • Paragraph 2: Reflect on our tour of the Old City.
         Many of you have been there before, but what new connections did you make. What impacted you          the most in looking at the architecture and religious areas?
  • ​Post 3 of your photos from the trip to your blog

Blog: Early Europe (1) 

1/10/2017

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions. 

Although the narrative moment in these two works is the same, the artists evoke very different responses from their viewers. Fully identify the works. Analyze the similarities and differences in the ways each sculptor manipulated formal qualities and content to achieve his aims.
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Blog: Renaissance

1/5/2017

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions.

​What comes to mind when you hear the term Renaissance? Explain the connotations of the term (cultural, economic, religious, etc). Write 5-8 well thought sentences.

Blog: Roman Art

11/26/2016

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions.

Imagine you are a traveler from coming from India to Rome during the High Roman Period. Describe three major works of architecture you would see in Rome that you had not seen before. Use art and architecture vocabulary.

Roman Art Funnies

11/25/2016

 

Greek Art Blog: 

11/17/2016

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions.
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How does the grave stele of Hegeso reflect both the cultural values and the formal artistic norms of the High Classical period?
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Greek Funnies

11/17/2016

 

Blog: Mesopotamian Art

11/12/2016

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog with blog images and questions.
After learning about The Code of Hammurabi, you have been asked to now write a code for the WBAIS students. Rules can be funny or serious.
​Correctly cite the artwork in your response.
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How to Study Art History

11/11/2016

 

Blog: Egyptian art

11/9/2016

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). Head your blog entry with the images and blog question/s. 
Fully identify these four structures. How do they reflect cultural concerns and values? Use visual and contextual evidence to support your response.
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Eyptian Art Funnies

11/8/2016

 

Blog: West and Central Asia

10/29/2016

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). 
Formal Analysis using Art Elements and Principles:
Analyze the form of the four artworks below using correct art vocabulary. Bold the Art Elements and Principles in your entry. 
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Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

10/29/2016

 

S, E, SE Asia Fun Facts

10/18/2016

 
  • 10 Stunning Images And Things About Angkor Wat You Probably Didn’t Know​​
  • Terracotta LEGO Army Street Art

Blog: South, East and SE Asia

10/11/2016

 
Blog Entry: respond to the following questions. Label with APAH (make sure to post the Blog entry along with your response). 
Dream Trip:
The College Board wants to send YOU on a two week trip to see one of the APAH 250 artworks in S, SE, or E Asia in person! Pick an artwork from one of the following locations: China, Cambodia or India.
Why did you chose this place to visit? As a tourist today in the country, what can you expect to find or experience? What are your fears or concerns about traveling to see the artwork? Write about what you think it would be like to see the artwork in person after researching and understanding its context. 

East, South and SE Asia Parodies

10/10/2016

 
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