2011 AP Art History General Posttest Discussion

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<p>Q1: Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”, the Seated Buddha statue at Sarnath
Q2: di Banco’s “Four Crowned Saints”, Le Corbusier’s “Villa Savoye”
Q3: made stuff up about the importance of the papyrus scrolls like “The Book of the Dead” protected souls in the afterlife and maintained their memory on earth
Q4: absolutely destroyed it, this wasn’t hard at ALL
Q5: I BSed my way through this by saying that modernist architecture was either very organic or extremely formal, whereas postmodern architecture was disjunct and did not follow any paradigm of rules (the whole “everything is art” thing about postmod)
Q6: dropped a couple vocab terms. I meant to drop Cortona’s name but I second-guessed whether it was him who painted that ceiling fresco. Also discussed Baroque drama and whatnot.
Q7: wrote a lot about Romanesque portals. As mentioned above, however, I really thought it was Gothic because it’s so similar to Chartres. I’ll ask my teacher the next time I see her.
Q8: wrecked this essay. This isn’t one of the most prolific works of 20th century art or anything…
Q9: Polykleitos and the Doryphorus. Mentioned the Parthenon and the ratio of columns on it, too.</p>

<p>Also, 26/29 on the first multiple choice section. Not bad at all.</p>

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<p>I had a nervous breakdown during the exam and psyched myself out on so many questions on the multiple choice, :frowning: It’s really sad because I studied so incredibly hard for this exam and in the end I blew it. Will a 21/29 on Part A MC blow out any chance I have for a 5?
Here are some of my answers to the FRQ.
FRQ 1: Compared/Contrasted Mathias Grunewald’s Isanheim Altarpiece and Statue of Dancing Shiva and talked about how these works of art influenced a surge of religious devotion and more praying throughout the cultures
FRQ 2: Michaelangelo’s David and Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels. Locations that show patriotism and fragility. This one was very persuasive.
FRQ 3: Talked about the preserving the ka or soul of the dead. Location in a tomb/ prosperous afterlife
FRQ 4: My best one. Talked about the issue that Manet’s work is on a monumental canvas which was usually reserved for depictions of goddesses. He challenged this conformity by painting a prostitute. And then I continued mentioning the other obvious notions like the black cat, her nudity, gesture etc.
FRQ 5: Talked about asymmetry and deconstructivist syled innovation, which differed from the simplistic and total utilitarian style of the geometric modernist buildings (Not too confident about this one)
FRQ 6: Identified it as Baroque. I even fully identified the work! Will I get extra points LOL? It was The Triumph in the Name of Jesus by Gauli (See how hard I studied) Mentioned everything there is about the Baroque style and general attributes to the multimedia essence of the work.
FRQ 7: STUPID ME. I first put the portal was Romanesque then crossed my beautifully written explanation and went on this tangent as to why it was Byzantine because it had some forms of the Byzantine aesthetic. Ugh what a fiasco.
FRQ 8: I LOVE THE FOUNTAIN AND MARCEL DUCHAMP. Absurdity of Dadaism <3 Backlash reform against conformity, anything can be art, revolutionizing definitions.
FRQ 9: The quote was basically embodying the definition of the chiastic style which can be seen utilized perfectly in the Spear Bearer by Polykleitos.</p>

<p>I’ll die if I get a 4…:(</p>

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<p>^ 21/29 is a little low, but depending on how you did on the regular MC you could still pull it off.</p>

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<p>lol asinine I said the same thing bout the Romanesque Portal! At first I started talking like it was Romanesque but the sculpture reminded me so much of Byzantine ivory carvings like St. Michael the Archangel ugh, also said praxiteles not polykleitos (i hate when i change my answers)… I got a 25/29 on the color MC and think that i did really well on the rest (hoping for like an 88/115?)…hoping for a 5</p>

<p>For first essay used Khafre’s Ka Statue and Merode Alterpiece by Campin.
For second essay used Trajan’s column and Eiffel Tower.</p>

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<p>I KNOW^ Those damn floating feet >.></p>

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<p>^^skirtin’ the waters there with that Egyptian work…</p>

<p>I chose Shiva as Nataraja and Ecstasy of St. Theresa. Not the best possible Western work, but it was all I could think of.</p>

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<p>Q1: I used the Seated Buddah at Sarnath and Gislebertus’s Last Judgement Tympanum. I talked about how Buddah reached enlightenment, which is visible through his nimbus and downward gaze, as well as how he was a human and can be seen teaching at Deer Park in the register below him. Also mentioned how the wheel stood for Buddah’s teachings, which show up in his mudra and his feet. Lastly I mentioned how the buddah’s to be flanked him at either side and how they stayed in Earth to help others reach enlightenment. For the Tympanum I said how God was in a mandorla and was the judge and supreme deity. How his angels were his helpers and the belief in heaven and earth and the weighting of the souls. Also mentioned pilgramages and how some of the people underneath him in the register were carrying bags with pilgramage items and how it would help them when it came time for judgement.</p>

<p>Q2: This one I had trouble with. I ended up using two propaganda works, the Augustus of Primaporta and “The Worker and the Collective Farm Worker” by Mukhina. I was not able to come up with the artits’s name for TWATCFW and I called the piece “The Good Worker and the Collective Farmer” instead. What’s the highest score I could get with those errors :/? I mentioned Augustus’ divine lineage seen in cupid and his chest plate, how he looked young, how he was humble, as well as how he was both a warrior and an orator and how it would all make him seem like a good emperor. For Mukhina’s work I mentioned how the hammer and sickle emblems of the Soviet Union, how the workers were the backbone of the Soviet Union and they were pictured as solid aswell as how they were put in a pedistal.</p>

<p>Q3: Page from the Book of the Dead. Placed with the deceased to guide them in the afterlife. Weighting of the soul against a feather and how Osiris would judge you. Also mentioned that it often carried text which spoke well of the deceased.</p>

<p>Q4: Prostitute looks straight at you in the eye without shame. Receives flowers from client. The servant is black.</p>

<p>Q5: Baroque. Dramatic lighting, religious subject, twisting and turning bodies, Counter-Reformation.</p>

<p>Q6: Mentioned how Post Modernist borrowed from Classical architecture and how Modernist were simple geometric shapes. Mentioned pediment, engaged columns, and assymetry and how Modernists wouldn’t like it.</p>

<p>Q7: Romanesque, tympanum, position above doors, religious theme, unnatural drapery, use of registers.</p>

<p>Q8: Oh dear god. Mentioned Duchamp and just wrote a whole bunch of BS. I said how it started to get people to think about whether the message behind the work was more important than the work itself. Mentioned its criticism and how it influenced works such as Die.</p>

<p>Q9: Polykleitos and Doryphorous aka Spear Bearer. Mentioned idealized proportions. Balance through contrappostto. Idealize youth body. </p>

<p>I got a 25/29 on the Slide Based Questions and guessed on 28 of the other MC questions. My hand writing was REALLY sloppy so I’m really scared about them being able to read it :[ You guys think I have a shot at a 5 or 4?</p>

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<p>was augustus an outdoor sculpture? I hated that question, ended up doing the David and Burghers of Calais, mostly because I didn’t know the names of the works from post 1850 A.D.</p>

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<p>Oh god, I’m not sure. I think there were numerous copies made and placed around the empire though. I hope I don’t get too low of a score for Q2 :/</p>

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<p>Hey, I also did Kahfre’s statue! Along with Christ Pantokrator. What did you write about Kahfre?</p>

<p>For the outdoor one I wrote about Vietnam War Memorial and Arch of Titus. Actually a sick essay because the first one condemns war; the second glorifies it. Interesting. Messed up the first one though because though I knew everything about Christ Pantokrator, for Khafre I wrote more about the Egyptian culture’s religion and view of the Pharaoh’s and afterlife - not really the artwork itself. Did I bomb the essay because of that?</p>

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<p>I used painting instead of sculpture for the second long essay (publis space). Is this acceptable?
Also, I only wrote two paragarpahs for the long essays… what score would that give me? ( i included alot of information in the paragraphs, i just forgot to put the period of the the artwork).</p>

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<p>Q1: Da Vinci’s Last Supper and Seated Buddha in a Lotus Position
Q2: Arch of Constantine and the Burghers of Calais.</p>

<p>from what it looks like, i have similar answers for the rest as the rest of you…except i put rococo instead of baroque (i lose) and praxiteles for polykleitos. oh well.</p>

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<p>Hey :slight_smile: I just saw this anyway give me your opinion!!! </p>

<p>Multiple choice- AWESOME ! :slight_smile: ! However I felt it was unbalanced -.- Anyway I know that I got worst case scenario 15 wrong </p>

<p>Essay 1 - So so, Vladimir Virgin and Shanxi Buddha (Id say a 5/9)
Essay 2 - awesome !!! at least an 8 ! David/Lipstick on Caterpillar Tracks (I made sure to talk about the audience)</p>

<p>Essay 3 - I was scared! I wrote that they were located in tombs (is it ok?) and that they helped the dead pass the judgements etc. and preserve ka
Essay 4 - Prob a 3. Similar composition, Manet and prostitution, “offensive”, cold and untraditional figure, nudity with no classical reference, little chiaroscuro etc.
Essay 5 - I wasnt sure what the question was asking me bc usually it says “which art-historical period”, anyway I wrote Baroque then I went ahead and talked about its relationship with the counter reformation (is it ok?) and its emotional impact etc.
Essay 6- It blew me -.- I did talk about less is more and bla bla bla probably a 2 -.-
Essay 7- Romanesque (although I was scared to write that bc of the floating feet!), dancelike poses specially feet, relative flatness, then I wasnt sure what else to write bc of time so I wrote “and its located in a traditional round arch found in Romanesque churches” Hopefully a 3
Essay 8 - duchamp, anything can be art and anyone can be an artist given that anything can hold a particular meaning or outcry to the artist etc. Id say a 3
Essay 9 - Def. a 3 but I did include as much as a I could </p>

<p>I really really really want a 5 !!! Anyway what do you think?</p>

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<p>Ughhhhh I kind of killed the essays (in a bad way)</p>

<p>1st, Christ the Procrantor (probably spelled wrong on the test as well…) and Coatlicue statue, which I think is actually good for the sake of variety and might up that score.</p>

<p>2nd, STARTED writing about the Spiral Jetty, couldn’t remember the name (too simple) so I scribbled out an entire paragraph and rewrote based on the Falling Water house. Realized that not really a public outdoor work…worked it in that its so infamous noone lives there, its a tourist spot all of its nature blah blah blah. Then Arch of Constantine. Probably like a 3 because of the inadaquate example…</p>

<p>3rd, easy, ka, Book of the Dead, buried with bodies, ect.
4th, LOOOOOOVED this, full credit for sure. Parallels between the romantisizing of Urbino with the cold starkness of the prostitute, Olympia. The servant is now a slave, unashamed not flirting, sleeping dog (infidelity) is a black cat (bad luck)
5th, Uhhhhh I put Rococo. Pretty sure I was wrong, but made a pretty strong case for it so that might get a point or two.
6th, Don’t remember this prompt even reading other people’s answers…that’s probably not good
7th, Yeah again, I put early Christian…strong case maybe 1-2 points
8th, Reviewed it that morning. Full credit, talked about his playful psuedonym, the name of the work, dada, ect.
9th, Could not think of one Greek writer to save my life. I literally might have made up a name. Whatever, talked about Kriotos boy. I don’t know how you could really interpert the quote when it broke it down to like the simpliest explaination of proportions for you…</p>

<p>MC wasn’t very hard for me though. I think I got a 3, hoping for a 4.</p>

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<p>Q1: Dirk Bout’s Last Supper and the sculpture of the Egyptian pharaoh Khafre. Talked about the Catholic mass, the Eucharist, and Christ as priest in the first and deification of the Egyptian pharaohs in the second. Probably a 7 or 8. </p>

<p>Q2: Maya Ying Lin’s Vietnam Memorial and the Parthenon. Talked about the meaning of war and human sacrifice in the first, and Greek conceptions of their temples in the second. Probably a 6 or 7. </p>

<p>Q3: 1-2. No idea.
Q4: Probably a 4.
Q5: Probably a 1 or a 2 if it was Baroque (I put Rococo). Otherwise a 4.
Q6. 0-1. Not good with Postmodernism.
Q7: Definitely a 4.
Q8: Probably a 4.
Q9: Probably a 4. </p>

<p>MC: I scored a 97/115 on a practice test the night before, but this set seemed harder, so anywhere from 80-95/115. </p>

<p>APPASS gives me a worst possible score of 4 (137.7) and a high score of 5 (163.9).</p>

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<p>The ceiling painting known as Triumph in the Name of Jesus by Gali(?) is a Baroque ceiling painting.</p>

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<p>What change do you think there will be on the grading curve? On past tests it was<br>
5 - 142-200
4 - 113 - 141
3 - 90 - 112 and so on…
I think that since guessing doesnt hurt, it should be somewhat harder to get a 4 or 5. I read somewhere that on past exams, those who got a 5 answered correctly 110 multiple choice questions roughly - that means that they actually received 105 points (before multiplying it by the decimal number). Now you would get all 110 points - Hence, I think that since they want to keep the overall “same” percentages of 5s, 4s, 3s and so on, the curve will increase around 5 points so instead of being a 142 for a 5, it would be a 147. Anyway I SUCK at math so haha my point: do you think it will go up about that amount or more?</p>

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<p>Okay, getting 110 out of 115 is not the only way people get 5’s. The multiple choice is not even worth half your score, the essays count more.
In my opinion, I do not think the scales will dramatically change. I would think one of the motives of collegeboard in implementing no penalties on all AP exams is to have more people pass. I don’t know, that is what I think. If so, then the curving should not really change. Some people guess wrong, some guess right. I don’t think it should affect the average scores too much.</p>

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<p>when are the scoring guidelines usually posted on college board?</p>

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<p>I got a 5 :slight_smile: How did everyone else do?</p>