<p>Typical AP thread, questions, suggestions, review, anything pertaining to AP Art History. </p>
<p>This thread is both for self-studiers and people taking the class (I fall in to the former category, btw).</p>
<p>For art history, I'm using the 12th edition of Gardner's Art Through the Ages, The Annotated Mona Lisa, and the Barron's prep book.</p>
<p>Im taking the APAH exam as well. We use Stockstad’s Art History, 2nd edition. I plan on getting the Annotated Mona Lisa and some prep books. How far are you guys? We barely finished Early Christian/Romanesque/Gothic before break.</p>
<p>I just started a few days ago and have only finished paleolithic and neolithic art. I plan to read about 15 pages a day and will be done at the beginning of April, leaving enough time to read both Barron’s and The Annotated Mona Lisa. </p>
<p>When you finally get some prep book, _daniel, I recommend Barron’s. I actually prefer it to The Annotated Mona Lisa.</p>
<p>Wow WannaBYalie, you have a lot of discipline!</p>
<p>Haha, well… I have goals, I’ll say that much 
And I can usually make a pretty good plan as to how I will achieve those goals. But as far as actually following through with them… there I sometimes fall short Believe it or not, I am a HUGE procrastinator. But on the plus side I decided a month ago that I would no longer procrastinate and have yet to do so :D</p>
<p>Is it possible to study with just the Barron’s book?</p>
<p>Some claim so I’ve heard, but I definitely wouldn’t recommend it. I’d try to get a textbook on ebay or abebooks (unfortunately you’re international though, so shipping will be so expensive).</p>
<p>Yeah, I know a website which has free shipping and takes only a week or so to arrive.</p>
<p>But, there are so many versions that I don’t know which one is the correct Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. </p>
<p>I might get the annotated Mona Lisa though. It’s about $19.</p>
<p>You are so right, I had an immensely hard time finding the Gardner’s book. I finally settled on the 12th edition and am happy with my purchase. </p>
<p>And free shipping within two weeks! That’s an amazingly good deal, as long as the book prices themselves aren’t super expensive. They sound reasonable though, as I got my copy of The Annotated Mona Lisa for about the same price, including shipping.</p>
<p>So which book is the best overall, for self-studying? And is this even as much of a self-study exam as, say, AP Human Geo?</p>
<p>No, this exam is not nearly as easy as AP HumanG. It will require much more work, and there’s a ton more info to memorize.</p>
<p>For the best prep books:</p>
<p>The Annotated Mona Lisa
Barron’s AP Art History
12th edition of Gardner’s Art Through the Ages</p>
<p>Those are the books I’m using and they are pretty good. In addition, they’ve gotten a lot of positive reviews from other CCer’s and lots of people report getting 5’s on the exam from reading Gardner’s.</p>
<p>I am dropping the class after this semester (just a two more weeks… uhgh)</p>
<p>Does anyone know where I can find vocabulary sheets/notes for the various art ‘eras’?</p>
<p>Edit: We also use Stockstad 2nd Edition (a rambling piece of mess… it explains history well, but the inspirations behind specific pieces of art is minimally or not @ all explained!)</p>
<p>Does anyone know where I can find a really, really good Gothic Era notes!? I have a test in the next few days, so I need a good note sheet to study off of. Anyone?</p>
<p>Hey guys!!! I need help acing the class. I’m horrible with those tests… I’ve been getting C’s on them. My highest yet score was a B+ but I still don’t have an A in the class. I need the A more than anything! Can I use the prep ap Ap art history books during the school year, so when I have a test, I can look through them? Has anyone done it beofore? Would it help? (btw I don’t need the prep book for the exam in may, but for the school year)</p>