History of Art

Assessment

The A Level consists of five units examined in two papers Paper 1: Visual Analysis and Themes Visual Analysis: unseen photographic paper for painting, sculpture and architecture 500BC to the present. Themes:Two in depth thematic studies over time and across cultures. Identity in art and architecture Nature in art and architecture. 50% of examination. Two in depth period studies. Paper 2: Periods Two in depth period studies Power and Persuasion: the Baroque in Catholic Europe 1597-1685 Brave New World: Modernism in Europe 1900-1939 50% of examination.