Your summer assignment for AP Art History is twofold:

1. Read Scandals, Vandals, and Da Vincis: A Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales, by Harvey Rachlin (ISBN 978-0143038351). This book is a fun and entertaining read that introduces you to a number of works of art via their intriguing backstories. (Did you know that the Mona Lisa was mysteriously stolen from the Louvre in 1911? Or that Manet’s Olympia caused a massive scandal in the art world when it was displayed in 1863?)

2. Get a jump on the curriculum by learning about Prehistoric Art. Of the 250 required images for the AP Art History curriculum, 11 of them are in Content Area 1: Global Prehistory. Below I have included a link to an essay or video for each of these 11 works to supplement the material in the textbook. For each work of art, read/watch and take notes on key points. Be prepared to discuss the works in detail.

Tip: When taking notes on a work for art history, we tend to focus on four main categories: Form, Function, Content, and Context. (Function and Context are, of course, the most difficult to determine with prehistoric art! Just do your best to gather relevant information.)

Form: What material is it made of? What shape is it? What size? What color/s? How is it composed or organized? Function: What purpose does it serve? Is it decorative, practical, devotional? Was it created to do something? Content: What is its message? What topic/s are represented? What does it depict or symbolize? Context: When was it made? By whom? Why? Who commissioned it or paid for it? What were the religious, political, cultural, environmental, economic, or geographic influences? Is it part of a larger movement (like Impressionism)? What do we know about the artist—her biography, interests, goals, education/training, patrons, etc.?

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Begin by reading Chapter 1 in your textbook. Then read “Paleolithic Art: An Introduction.” (https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/paleolithic-art-an-introduction) Then go through and read/watch the specific Khan Academy essay or video for each work. (Links are provided in the chart below.) Take notes based on your textbook and the Khan Academy information.

Work of Art Khan Academy Link Image 1.1 Apollo 11 Stones

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/apollo-11-stones-2

Work of Art Khan Academy Link Image 1.2 Great Hall of Bulls, Lascaux

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/lascaux

1.3 Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/camelid-sacrum-in-the-shape-of-a-canine

1.4 Running Horned Woman

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/north-a/algeria-and-libya/a/running-horned-woman-tassili-najjer

1.5 Bushel with Ibex Motifs

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/v/susa-ibex

1.6 Anthropomorphic Stele

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/anthropomorphic-stele

1.7 Jade Cong https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-

history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/v/jade-cong

1.8 Stonehenge https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/stonehenge

1.9 Ambum Stone http://nga.gov.au/AmbumStone/ and

http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/ngss/hd_ngss.htm

1.10 Tlatilco Figurine

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/v/tlatilco-figurines and https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/ap-art-history/global-prehistory-ap/paleolithic-mesolithic-neolithic/a/tlatilco-figurines

1.11 Terra Cotta Fragment

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lapi/hd_lapi.htm and http://scribol.com/anthropology-and-history/people/the-origins-of-polynesia/