<p>hey sunnyboy, how do you calculate you score??
the curve is very very nice.....</p>
<p>The breakdowns I gave are the ones the ETS used for the now published 2004 test. Like I wrote our teacher did a great job preparing us. The breakdowns can vary by a few points from test to test. The 115 multiple choice questions count for 80 of the 200 points on the test. Each short essay is worth 10 points. But they readers actually score them on a 1 - 4 point scale. So to take a hypothetical example if they had had a picture of Courbet's Stone breakers the graders would have awarded 1 point for Courbet and 3 points for the characteristics of this realist painting. The 1 to 4 points for each question are then multiplied by 2.5 to give 10 points for each question. The key is to hit stylistic characteristics that are listed on the readers rubric. The two essays are worth 25 points each. Each essay is really 2 sub-essays. So my example of the Standard of Ur was worth 12.5 points and my example of the Tribute Money was worth 12.5 points. Once again the key is to make good points. For example, the Standard of Ur uses good story telling devices such as registers and hierachical scale. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>in that case..i did pretty well on the exam...thanks a lot...</p>
<p>I wrote about Standard of Ur and Ode of Horatti by David. For the last essay, I choose Duchamp and talked about Akhenton and the Amarna Period how it challenged the egyption traditions and guidelines. Think they were good choices?</p>
<p>MC portion of the test was A LOT more difficult than other AP history exams... The slide-based short answers were relatively straight-forward and the essay questions were pretty general. </p>
<p>BGjeez - Standard of Ur was a good example, I think. I also used that as my pre-1800 example.</p>
<p>Yes, the Standard of Ur and the Oath of the Horatii are both very good example of narrative in art. Duchamp and his readymades were an inspired choice. Amarna was a very solid choice. Wondering why everyone found the multiple choice so difficult. Also wondering why the test had little or nothing on art since 1950.</p>
<p>Is this a fun class? They are forming it at my school next year and im in it.</p>
<p>i accidentally left maybe 10 blank, realized when the procter was picking up the tests :( i missed what i assume was the anunciation/visitation and on</p>
<p>do u think it will hurt a lot? o and is judith considered mythology? i got a lot of the gaudi stuff though, but im angry that i left the last mc questions blank and they were easy</p>
<p>btw for the first essay i did column of trajan and krishna and the gopis
second i did duchamp's fountain and donatello's mary magdalene</p>
<p>was donatello a bad choice? lastly wat was that sculpture in the slides, the one where u had to name the period, the woman with a basket and drapery?</p>
<p><em>edited due to violation of 48-hours rule</em></p>
<p>I'm too scared to mention the exact topics lol. <em>fears Collegeboard</em></p>
<p>But was The Death of Marat a valid choice for the first essay? When I was sitting there I didn't want to use the Beaux Tapestry or any other widely used work for the topic but now that I look back I'm not sure Death of Marat really applied to the topic, even though I explained how it was...a certain type of painting lol.</p>
<p>Judith is NOT a figure from mythology. Her story is from the Apocrapha (spelling) of the Old Testament. In short, Judith saved the Isrealites by slaying the Assyrian general Holofornes. In my opinion the Death of Marat is a great example of a narrative. But it would be important that your essay note the letter Marat was writing and most importantly the knife used to assassinate him.</p>
<p>Well in my opinion Duchamp's "Fountain" qualifies as a great choice. I also believe that Donatello's Mary Magdalene works because it was a wood statue that challenged Early Renaissance canons of beauty. I'll ask my teacher today. I can't say enough about how well he prepared us. He wrote a great study guide and held extra classes after school and even on Saturday. The man is a dedicated teacher. Art History is my favorite class and we were extremely well prepared!</p>
<p>So today was the teachable moment for our AP Art History class. We have a great teacher who did a great job. Every student wanted to discuss our long and short essay topics. But we couldn't because of the "48 hour rule." I don't understand. The slides are in the school and will be distributed tomorrow. The essay questions will be distributed in school and online tomorrow. But tomorrow is our prom and we won't be in school. So we have to wait until Monday. The teachable moment will be lost. Can anyone explain the purpose of this rule. Why can't the materials be distributed the next day?</p>
<p>is it true that Montgomery HS are the art history "champs" from last year sunnyboy?</p>
<p>art history champs???? wow......</p>
<p>ok, 48 hours.</p>
<p>noob: I put down the draped woman with the basket as Hellenistic period, "Old Market Woman." And no, Donatello is a fine choice for that question.</p>
<p>I used Donatello also, but I forgot to mention the significance of using wood. What's funny is that it took me 5-10 minutes to come up with an art piece that I could write about in that one. I didn't want to talk about nude figures in greece because that would be too short, so I hope Donatello gave me a little more to write about. Did Donatello go against the papacy?</p>
<p>Nude figures were easier to talk about for that question, I thought...</p>
<p>Yes, it is true. Montgomery High School students are the defending AP Art History champs! Our two teachers are great. They covered the entire course, gave us lots of practice on both short and long essays, and conducted afterschool, evening, and Saturday review sessions.</p>
<p>Noob - Mercurial girl is right. The figure is the Old Market Woman. The figure is an excellent example of Hellenistic art. Unlike a classical statue she is NOT heroic, idealized, or restrained. She is an everyday person who like the Boxer elicits our emotions. You can find her on page 162 in the 12th edition of Gardner's.</p>