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Fine Arts
AP Art History Self-Paced Ceramics 2
Grades 11-12 Grades 10-12
Course Number SP709 Course Number 714
Full Year Course - 1 credit Semester Course - 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: Ceramics 1
Estimated Fee: $15.00 and A.P. Test Registration Estimated Fee: $65.00
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education Education
Career: A,B,E,P Career: A,B,E
With recommendations from and the approval Ceramics 2 is for students who have
of the College Board, the Advanced Placement completed Ceramics 1 and wish to further
Art History course work models a college art develop their talents and interests in the study
history class and this course will provide of ceramics. Hand-building, sculpture and
students with an opportunity to study, research work on the potter’s wheel will
and understand painting, architecture, be reintroduced, with emphasis on form and
sculpture and other forms of art in various quality. The students will use clay and glazes
historical and cultural contexts. Past and to fulfill course-required projects and personal
present major forms of art will be critically interests. Students will be required to research
analyzed emphasizing many issues such as and present a variety of topics in ceramics.
politics, patronage, religion, gender and
function. Students enrolled in this course are
required to take the A.P. exam in May
Photography 1
Ceramics 1 Grades 10-12
Course Number 696
Grades 10-12 Semester Course - 0.5 credit
Course Number 713 Prerequisite: None
Semester Course - 0.5 credit Estimated Fee: $35.00
Prerequisite: Art Foundations Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Estimated Fee: $65.00 Education
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical Career: A,B,E,F,H,P
Education
Career: A,B,E Students enrolling in Photo 1 are encouraged
to take Art Foundations prior to taking this
This course focuses on the fundamentals of course. Starting with the history of
hand building and glazing techniques. photography, students will read and learn
Students will learn pinch, coil and slab about the invention of the camera. Students
construction, glazing, and kiln loading will use a digital camera and Photoshop tools
procedures. Ceramics 1 will focus on three- to edit and enhance photos based on
dimensional design, the elements of art, compositional elements. Students will
aesthetic awareness and historical background experience a variety of studio projects and
as it relates to ceramics. Two research projects research assignments. Students may use this
are required for successful completion of the credit as either a technology or fine arts
course. credit.
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