INVESTIGATIVE STUDIES

ART
ARCHITECTURE

Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 
A Global History, 14th edition

14th Edition Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Gardner's Art Though the Ages 14th edition Kleiner and Mamiya ISBN-13: 978-0495915423
OPTIONAL. Standard textbooks. Does not have everything you need to be successful in the class. Purchase at your discretion.

*In my class, you DO NOT have to purchase this textbook to pass my class or to score well on the exam. I do not reference it in class nor do I assign readings from it.  

Recommended throughout the year

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Annotated Mona Lisa By: Carol Strickland, Ph. D. ISBN-13: 978-0740768729
OPTIONAL: Great book for easy review and a condensed versions of most chapters of Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Good background history and explanation of artists' work. It also breaks down individual movements. 

Recommended towards the end of the year

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Barron's AP Art History By: John Nici ISBN-10: 0764137379













OPTIONAL: This will be an immensely wonderful tool for studying for the AP exam. Breaks each movement/time period down by chapter, gives practice tests, sample short answer essays, and overviews of important works of art. If you're going to get any study tool, it should be this one! Purchase in March if you decide to get this study tool.

 

Ms. Park, Valerie, Park, Advanced, Placement, Art, History