Art & History: Interconnected

Leah Walton2023-02-10T15:11:38-05:00

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Welcome to Our Homeschool Curriculum Art History Course for High School: Art & History: Interconnected

Have you ever wondered what might have inspired great artists like Michelangelo, Renoir, or Van Gogh? Art & History: Interconnected is a twelve-to-eighteen-week course created to teach high school students how historical events have impacted art from the Middle Ages to today. Along with studying art in its historic context, students will also learn about various artists and their artistic styles, and even create some art of their own.

Getting Started with Art & History: Interconnected, Our Homeschool Art History Course

This homeschool art history course explores how world events have impacted art and how different artists communicate their message through their art.

Overview

12-18 weeks
Printable lessons, online material, and art projects
Grades 9-12

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com
Notebook

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and course outline. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plans and mark them off when completed. Be sure to write any needed homework in your notebook.

Art & History:Interconnected Homeschool Art History Course Sample

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Day 2

*If it is available to you, watch the movie The Secret of the Kells. It tells this story beautifully! You may be able to find it online or at your library.

Let’s jump right in and visit the Middle Ages. What do you think of when you see the words “Middle Ages?” Maybe knights and castles? Robin Hood? The Black Plague? I think of monks in dimly lit scriptorium monasteries copying the Bible. If you’ll notice on the timeline, this was before printing was invented. Monks, writing in beautiful calligraphy, meticulously copied the Latin Bible by hand. But they also gorgeously illustrated some of them in gold and vibrant colored ink. The idea they wanted to convey was that the words in the text were as beautiful as the pictures and worthy of elaborate illustration.

The Book of Kells, named after the Abbey of Kells where it was kept, was what is called an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels of the New Testament. It was created in a Columban monastery in Ireland around AD 800. It is now on permanent display at Trinity College Library in Dublin and is known as Ireland’s finest national treasure. It is bound in four volumes, its pages made of high quality vellum (calf skin) with ten full pages of elaborate illustration. The size is about 10 inches by 13 inches. The text itself seems to be the work of at least three different scribes. Since the Abbey of Kells was plundered many times by the Vikings, it is a miracle the book survived at all. It is said to be in remarkably good condition, though about 30 pages (folios) have been lost over the centuries.

Homeschool Art History Course Transcript Information

If this homeschool art history course is taken in full, completing all reading, writing, and art assignments, and the student spends approximately 90 hours completing this course, it can count for one-half high school credit.

*Please be informed of your state’s academic requirements.

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Homeschool Art History Course Outline

This homeschool art history course explores how art and history are interconnected over 12 to 18 weeks, with an optional additional week at the end of the course.

Week One: Middle Ages
Week Two: Early and High Renaissance
Week Three: Artist Research Project
Week Four: Venetian and Northern Renaissance
Week Five: Renaissance/Baroque
Week Six: Baroque
Week Seven: I, Juan de Pareja
Week Eight: Romanticism
Week Nine: Realism, Part I
Week Ten: Realism, Part II
Week Eleven: Realism Essay
Week Twelve: Impressionism
Week Thirteen: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
Week Fourteen: Post-Impressionism
Week Fifteen: Western
Week Sixteen: Modern Art
Week Seventeen: Diego Rivera—Cubism
Week Eighteen: Folk Art
Optional Week Nineteen: Bonus: Wrap-up

More About This Course

What did Michelangelo have to do with the Reformation? How did the Baroque period send the Pilgrims high-tailing it to the New World? Nothing happens in a vacuum. History affects art, and, sometimes, art affects history. This homeschool art history course explores how world events have impacted art and how different artists communicate their message through their art.

This homeschool art history course can be completed in 12 weeks or 18 weeks, depending on whether or not you choose to do the optional research projects. You’ll discover how art and history are interconnected, learn about numerous artists and artistic styles, have a chance to create some art of your own, and even create an art exhibit of your very own work.

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Art & History: Interconnected

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Length: 12-18 weeks
Content type: Text based
Grades: 9-12

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