<p>REA book advocates a close study of sculpture and sculptors. Sculpture is 25 percent of the test and is a much more confined topic than painting. In short, there are fewer sculptors to study than there are artists. Great point!
Also add Rodin, Calder, and Moore to the list of sculptors that you must know.</p>
<p>Great book! A big help. The last five chapters are especially helpful.</p>
<p>Hey everybody. According to the REA book the top ten sculptures are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Bust of Nefertiti</li>
<li>Doryphoros</li>
<li>Statue of Augustus from Primaporta</li>
<li>Tetrarchs</li>
<li>Gero Crucifix</li>
<li>Nymph and Satyr (Clodion)</li>
<li>Forever Free (Edmonia Lewis)</li>
<li>George Washington (Houdon)</li>
<li>Jaguar Devouring a Hare (Barye)</li>
<li>Ivory Belt Mask of a Queen Mother </li>
</ol>
<p>Hope these guys are right!</p>
<p>My teacher told us about the book a few weeks ago, but it wasn't available on BN.com until now.Since everyone is saying how great it is I might as well give it a go.I would've gotten it either way, I have a crazy obsession with books.</p>
<p>Here according to the authors of the new REA book are the top ten paintings and engravings. As everyone is noting this book is really good.
1. Carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels
2. Merode Altarpiece
3. Battle of the Ten Nudes (Pollaiuolo)
4. The Fetus and Lining of the Uterus (Da Vinci)
5. School of Athens
6. The Fall of Man (Durer0
7. Arrival of Marie de' Medici (Rubens)
8. The Nightmare (Fuseli)
9. The Great Wave off Kanagawa
10. The Migration of the Negro (Lawrence)</p>
<p>Here is the REA book's list of the Top Ten Works of Architecture. By the way the book has a full discussion of each of these works:
1. Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser
2. Parthenon
3. Arch of Titus
4. Pantheon
5. San Vitale, Ravenna
6. Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
7. San't Andrea, Mantua
8. Villa Rotunda
9. Casa Mila, Barcelona
10. Robie House, Chicago</p>
<p>Great Top Ten Posts guys! Thanks. Book and posts are a big help!</p>
<p>I am way past taking AP tests but have an ongoing interest in Art History and have found this book to be a terrific resource. I especailly like the 400 works of art on the CD. I plan to visit the Met in NYC soon to see the new Greek and Roman galleries and will use it to refresh my memory.</p>
<p>The REA book has a very handy glossary of 50 key terms. Here are 10:
1. Repousse
2. Corbelled Arch
3. Contrapposto
4. Encaustic
5. Westwork
6. Vellum
7. Predella
8. Orthogonal
9. Biomorphic
10. Cantilever</p>
<p>Anyone have any other suggestions?</p>
<p>Here are five KEY facts that REA says you have to know:
1. Early Christian figures are usually carved from ivory.
2. Pietro Cavallini's Seated Apostles influenced Giotto.
3. Louis Le Nain's paintings of peasants are most similar to those of Breugel the Elder
4. A cartoon is a full-scale sketch.
5. Michelangelo's Moses was intended to be part of the tomb of Pope Julius II.</p>
<p>Here is a classic sneaky AP Art History question:</p>
<p>When and where did the Pre-Raphaelites work?</p>
<p>Answer: In England during the second half of th 19th century. Not in Italy before Raphael!</p>
<p>Good question Bluerider! Here is another tricky question. Which artist most directly influenced the Le Nain Brother's choice of subject matter?
(answer - Bruegel. Both focused on peasants)</p>
<p>spiraljetty, bluerider, thefuturist, and Caravagista are all advertising. Any competent AP art history student should have picked up on this.</p>
<p>bluerider- Der Blaue Reiter German expressionism movement
thefuturist- Italian fascist-like Futurism movement
Caravagista- Someone who is said to paint like Caravaggio (his dramatic use of lighting)
spiraljetty- a modern earthworks piece by Robert Smithson</p>
<p>I'm in AP Art History too and I love this book.
(Why does the fact that their names are plays on art history terms mean they're advertising?)</p>
<p>sheesh ppl....that book is not as great as barrons</p>
<p>@flying_pig319
Isn't it obvious? What are the chances that 4 people with very few posts all post in the same topic (which sounds like an advertisement for a book) with similar posting styles and names all from Art History (the topic we are on)?</p>
<p>I'm a little suspicious of the top ten quite frankly, from my experience with the AP test last year and from reviewing all of the old free response questions and some old MC.</p>
<ol>
<li>Carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels-This is quite common, but their are other similar things, so it's not really 1 by itself.</li>
<li>Merode Altarpiece Not in the slightest. Ghent alterpiece is mentioned more, as are other triptychs</li>
<li>Battle of the Ten Nudes (Pollaiuolo)-This is reasonable, it's a good example of the things that exemplified the early/mid italian renaiisance.</li>
<li>The Fetus and Lining of the Uterus (Da Vinci)-Not really.</li>
<li>School of Athens-Yes, most definitely</li>
<li>The Fall of Man (Durer)-Yes, pretty much.</li>
<li>Arrival of Marie de' Medici (Rubens)-Yes, very famous painting, very famous artist</li>
<li>The Nightmare (Fuseli) No. not at all. This a Romantic painting and the Romantic paintings you need to know most are Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix) and The Raft of the Medusa (Gericault) (or The Third of May if you count Goya as a Romantic)</li>
<li>The Great Wave off Kanagawa Yes, classic example of non-western art.</li>
<li>The Migration of the Negro (Lawrence)-Nope, not really. Doesn't come up much.</li>
</ol>
<p>Some "missing" pieces are
The Tribute Money (Masaccio)-Huge landmark in the developemnt of painting.
The Horatii (sp?) Oath (David)-Both epitomizes and created the neoclassical style.
The Night Watch (Rembrandt)-Innovative approach to group portraiture, famous dude.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon-Beginning of cubism and much of modern art.
The Luncheon on the Grass (Manet)-Created a scandal, both because of the nudity of everyday figures being portrayed and because of the "flatness" of the painting.</p>
<p>The architecture list, however, is quite good and the sculpture list is alright. I would definitely say the "The Annotated Mona Lisa" and "The Annotated Arch" are better books to study from however.</p>
<p>Hmmm... all the advertisers use titles. And only the advertisers.</p>