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Arts and Humanities


A&H Syllabus 13-14
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Assignments

Current Events are due every third Tuesday a month. 
Due dates:
August 20
September 17
October 15
November 19

Current event clippings from newspaper, magazines, flyers, etc. that deal with arts issues.  Read the article, clip it out and write a summary (at least two paragraphs) of the article explaining what it is reporting and how it relates to this class.

Suggested websites to consult for Current Events
The Art Newspaper

The Art Daily
Kentucky State Journal
Lexington Herald Leader
Wall Street Journal

My Art Has Principles
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Understanding Style Periods
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Greek Project
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Medieval Research Paper
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Medieval Presentation
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Be an Impressionist Artist Project
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AH Final Exam Study Guide
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About

Arts and Humanities is a course for students interested in gaining historical knowledge of all the arts.  Throughout this class the students will study the fine and performing arts: dance, drama, music, and visual art.  They will look at the arts through different time periods and learn how to criticize it.



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Unit 1 - Intro

Visual Art Elements
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Drama: Literary Elements
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Drama: Technical Elements
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Elements of Dance
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Unit 2 - Greek

Greek Culture
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Greek Visual Art
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The Parthenon
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Greek Music
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Unit 3 - Medieval & Renaissance

Age of Romanesque
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Romanesque to Gothic
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Medieval Music
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Intro to Renaissance
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High Renaissance Painters
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Ghibert & Brunelleschi
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Music of Renaissance
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Unit 4 - Baroque

Intro to Baroque
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Baroque Visual Art
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Baroque Music
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Baroque Architecture
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Baroque Dance
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Dance in History
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Unit 5 - Neoclassical

Enlightenment Music
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Enlightenment Visual Art
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Unit 6 - Romantic

Romantic Visual Art
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Romantic Music
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Unit 7 - Impressionism

The Moderns
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Impressionist Music
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Unit 8 - Modern/Contemporary

Modern Music
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Modern Dance
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