<p>How hard is AP Art History? What does the class contain? Is it just history about different artists and different styles of art? </p>
<p>Do you think it would be a good decision to take AP Art History my senior year as my history class, as well as to fill the 2 semesters I need of an art class (AP Art History fills the 2 semester requirement, so I wouldn't have to take 2 half year electives)</p>
<p>Bummpppp …</p>
<p>Anyone…?</p>
<p>You’re really not going to get much of an answer within a half hour at 12:00 AM on a school night, just saying.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about AP Art History, sorry. But be patient.</p>
<p>I guess bump again</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>Alright this is getting ridiculous… Bump.</p>
<p>Isn’t this information…Googlable?</p>
<p>My school used to offer the class (had to stop offering it due to not enough sign-ups). It seems fairly easy (but know that basically all the students where art majors who had already taken three regular art history classes from an arts magnet school), I was self-studying for the exam for a few months before I realized it was pointless (I was already going to have too many college credits for the schools I am looking at). You will get long readings and you really need to know the movements. If you have never taken art history I would not recommend the class.</p>
<p>Lots of info here: [AP</a> Central - AP Art History Course Home Page](<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board)</p>
<p>The class is very heavy information wise, like AP history classes. Includes architecture, pretty cool stuff.
D’s online class used Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, a standard book.
Don’t know what your workload is like, but taking a class where you are actually making art instead tends to provide a bit of breather in heavy schedules as most work is done in-class, compared to this class which will definitely be work. Check out the exam info to see what the tests are like. Is this the sort of thing you enjoy?</p>
<p>Be aware that some colleges award no credit for AP Art History, others set the score bar higher than for other subjects, similar to Env. Science, though perhaps for different reasons. If that credit matters to you and you have ideas of places you’ll be applying to, check their AP credit pages.</p>
<p>Yeah, none of the high schools in our area offer it and apparently it is not very popular as a self-study. In our city where hundreds of kids sit for AP Calc, she was the only one in Art History, said she felt pretty weird since they have a screen where they are showing slides sequentially, all just for her.</p>
<p>I can quote a state AP scholar of California: “Art History is the hardest AP.”
Well, it sort of is workload wise at my school.</p>
<p>You learn about many of the famous artworks, the different styles in different time periods, the materials used to make the artwork, what it symbolizes, what function the art pieces serve, the different techniques artists use and their development over time, and a lot of terminology / artists to memorize. As well, you connect the artworks to social standards and the society at the time etc. It IS A LOT to have in your head, so self-studying it may be difficult. </p>
<p>Anyways, I’m happy I took it despite the 50-60 page long chapters in half a week + flash cards on tons of artworks. I got my art credits for high school done, and at my college that I’m planning to attend you have to have art credit as part of the general education so I killed two birds with one stone 
Heheh No, I don’t really want to take a college art class.</p>
<p>~And another thing, your perspective on the world will change after taking this class even if you are not an art major. You’ll recognize art everywhere and be able to analyze works even in your own city that you live in.</p>
<p>That’s what my friends who took the class as freshmen said. None of them really tried hard, however, and they were forced to take it because of this program we have, but they all said it made them appreciate art more and changed their outlook on things.
I’m just nervous that it’ll be too much with a possible workload of AP English (Lit), AP Stats, Multivariable Calculus, and possible AP Spanish 5.</p>
<p>Also I won’t be self-studying. There is an actual class with an actual teacher. There’s a lot of trips involved too so that might be a little stress reliever for senior year. </p>
<p>By the way, I’m pretty good in art but I have no room in my schedule for art in any grade, so I thought this might show my passion for art, and will connect to my art program that I created for elementary school kids. I don’t plan on studying art in college, but I do have an interest in it.</p>
<p>It’s one of the hardest APs ever workwise. </p>
<p>Don’t expect to self study 1000+ paged of art. That’s insane. </p>
<p>Honestly, if you’re good in memorizing I guess it’s not bad but honestly you have to know tons of artwork, their dates, their subjects, and of course the artists that made them. So much information. </p>
<p>I like my class but there’s sooooooooo much work. It’s the reason why I stay up at night but I personally like art history. </p>
<p>Honestly, don’t take the class if you don’t truly like to learn about history. It’s not so much about art as it is about the history. You don’t need to be an artist to score well on AP art history tests.</p>
<p>OP is not proposing self-study. That was my D, who was technically in a class, but online, so more like self-study, yeah too much work for that. This year taking APUSH at school. Just as much work, hours every night, but more rewarding doing it in a class with others and fixing it solidly in her mind. She just wanted to take some art, had extension class through our university, but never free period in school because of band.</p>
<p>So is the final verdict that it’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it? The responses are all over the place and some were not really at all pertaining to me (I’m not self studying, which many of the responses were based upon).</p>
<p>yeah tons of work. if you like it take the class.</p>
<p>Yes. D really liked it anyway, just in retrospect wished there would have been a way to take it with others in a class setting.</p>
<p>Okay, ill talk to my guidance counselor about it tomorrow because if I don’t take it senior year then I have to take 2 art classes somehow in the next 2 years, as well as a history senior year. All of which is basically impossible unless I get rid of lunch</p>