Description
This is a one semester online homeschool art history class for high schoolers. It is worth .5 fine arts credit. We will utilize the book The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to the Present, as well as additional videos, quizzes, and other materials throughout the semester to gain a good overall knowledge of art history from 19th century Impressionism through the present.
This class is designed to expose students to many different artists, artworks, styles, movements, and more in art history, but also to be fun!
Art History can be used as a Fine Arts credit for high school.
Instructor: Holly Egan
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For: Grades 9-12
Hours: 3- 4 per week
Credit Hours: 0.5 High School Credit on completion of the semester
Syllabus: Available here
Fall Dates: August 17 – Dec 11 (with a week’s break over Thanksgiving)
Spring Dates: January 4 – April 30 (any week in March can be taken for Spring break)
Required Materials: The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to the Present
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Cate –
I liked researching all the different art movements and learning about the artists. It was fun learning about artists whose works I have seen in museums. The textbook was a good starting point for the research required to complete the assignments, and any time I had questions about assignments Ms. Egan responded quickly. The assignments were very time consuming but I learned a lot.
Caroline –
I enjoyed this class. I didn’t realize that it was from Impressionism to present day art, and if I had known, I probably wouldn’t have taken the class. Ms. Egan responded quickly when I had questions and really helped me figure out how to get ahead on assignments before I went on a trip. I liked the text book that we used in class. I thought that it was a nice brief intro to art history, but didn’t leave out any important information. It took me a lot more than 3-4 hours a week to do all the assignments, it took at least 9-10 hours (maybe 3-4 hours for the first couple of weeks). If you like modern and contemporary art, I would recommend this course to you.
Meryl van der Merwe –
From Miss Holly: I’m sorry you didn’t realize that the class covered Impressionism to present day art. The class description does clearly state that it will cover that time period in art history. I do wish you had communicated with me that assignments were taking you that long each week, as they weren’t designed to take that much time. I certainly would have worked with you to figure out why they were taking you so much longer than intended. I want all my students to enjoy the class, and learn while having a bit of fun. And, I do respond to any messages quickly, and want to work with my students to make my class enjoyable while also being educational. I really loved having you in class as a student, but I do wish you had communicated some of this to me during the semester so I could have known and addressed this all with you. Thanks for your feedback!