A Level History of Art (Edexcel)

A Level History of Art

Dates Available

• Week 1: Monday 25 March – Friday 29 March
• Week 2: Monday 1 April – Friday 5 April
• Week 3: Monday 8 April – Friday 12 April

Boards

Edexcel

Length of Course

40 hours

Times

9am to 6pm daily

The course will cover Paper 1: Visual Analysis and Interpretation and Unit: 2 Themes in Art History. It will not be possible to cover all the topics, so we will focus on a selection, made to ensure students can respond successfully to the required number of questions.

Paper 1: Visual Analysis and Themes 9HT0/01

• Composition in painting, sculpture and architecture
• Colour in painting, sculpture and architecture
• Creation of pictorial space in painting and relief sculpture
• Light and tone in painting
• Architectural elements or features
• Structure in architecture
• Materials, techniques and processes in painting, sculpture and architecture
• Pattern, ornament and decoration in painting, sculpture and architecture
• Line and shape in painting, sculpture and architecture
• Volume and mass in architecture and sculpture
• Scale of painting, sculpture and architecture
• Appropriate architectural, art and art historical terminology

Identities in Art and Architecture

• The Divine in 2D or 3D works (pre- and post-1850)
• Portraits in 2D works (pre- and post-1850)
• Portraits in 3D works (pre- and post-1850)
• Gender identity in 2D or 3D works (pre- and post-1850)
• Ethnic identity in 2D or 3D works (pre- and post-1850)
• Identity in architectural works (pre- and post-1850)

War in art and architecture

• War or Revolution in 2D works
• Leaders in 2D or 3D works
• Participants in 2D or 3D works
• Places affected by war in 2D or 3D works
• Memorials in 2D or 3D works
• Defensive or commemorative architectural works

Paper 2: Periods in Art History

a) Invention and illusion: the Renaissance in Italy (1420–1520)

• Religious painting
• Religious sculpture
• Mythological painting and sculpture
• Portraiture
• Religious Architecture
• Secular architecture

b) Power and persuasion: the Baroque in Catholic Europe (1597–1685)

• Religious painting
• Religious sculpture
• Mythological sculpture
• Mythological painting
• Portrait painting or sculpture
• Landscape painting
• Still Life or genre painting
• Religious Architecture
• Secular architecture

Students wishing to study the British and French Avantgarde (1848-99) or Modernism in Europe (1900-1939) please liaise with the Course Director.