AP Art History Prepbooks...

Test Preparation
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<p>I'm taking AP Art History next year, but I've been looking around amazon and it seems there's not really many prep books for this course... anyone here have suggestions?</p>

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<p>anyone know??</p>

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<p>There is the annoted mona lisa....thats the only decent one out there.....</p>

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<p>sorry, there are none. Son's class did use annotated mona lisa; the annotated architecture book is good, too.</p>

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<p>There is also a 1991 edition of Barron's book...</p>

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<p>great... i'll try looking at the annotated mona lisa then.</p>

<p>anymore?</p>

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<p>Check these out:
Arrow <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0155070991/102-4988854-4560140?v=glance%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0155070991/102-4988854-4560140?v=glance&lt;/a>
Arrow <a href="http://www.homegardenreviews.com/Art_History_Barrons_Ez101_Study_Keys_0812045955.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.homegardenreviews.com/Art_History_Barrons_Ez101_Study_Keys_0812045955.html&lt;/a>
Arrow <a href="http://www.edu-books.com/Art_A_Brief_History_Study_Guide_0130862541.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.edu-books.com/Art_A_Brief_History_Study_Guide_0130862541.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>ooh i'm taking that course next year too and want some help...</p>

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<p>are you sure there isn't a PR book? they're very good.</p>

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<p>would it be possible to score a 5 having read one of those huge textbooks and then Annotated Mona Lisa as review, without having taken the class?</p>

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<p>REALLY sure there is no art history tailored-for-the-AP-test prep book. I'm not sure what my textbook will be, but I'm getting a couple art history books (The Annotated Mona Lisa among them) to supplement it. I'm looking forward to this class.</p>

<p>It might be possible to score a 5 self-study with those 2 books. I'm guessing you're pretty familiar with art and have interest in it? It shouldn't be too bad.</p>

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<p>thanks i hope so :)</p>

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<p>ontolome - wow!!</p>

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<p>huh? wow? what for......the self-studying? i've done it before, it's actually not half as demanding as it sounds...i did it for biology and psych. It's much less work than taking a class and having to do a bunch of HW and research papers and the like.....just reading.</p>

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<p>wow i would never be able to self-study! lol</p>

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<p>really the only thing is self-discipline. otherwise i find it much easier and simpler than following an actual class. you just have to want to learn the material. Classes are the harder way, since many of their participants aren't willing and much of the work assigned isn't necessarily helpful but is very very time-consuming. In other words, i find that self-study goes directly to the essential, while classes are an exercise in bull*****-profficiency and actually deter you from your goal.</p>

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<p>lol truetruetrue... haha</p>

<p>aaah i hope there's a good ap art history studybook out there!!</p>

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<p>i am absolutely certain that as of spring '05, there is no prepbook for the APAH exam. i bought the annotated mona lisa and found it to be a good guide for the essays because it covers all the major styles. however, it wouldn't work for the multiple choice, because most of the questions are in-depth</p>

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<p>wow thanks B_B</p>

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<p>what a bummer... lol</p>