History of Art

Assessment

Paper 1: Visual Analysis and Themes Written examination: 3 hours 50% of the qualification 110 marks Content Overview *Visual Analysis *Themes Assessment overview Section A: Visual analysis For each of the following types of art and architecture, students answer a single compulsory question that requires them to comment on an unseen photograph of: *a painting; *a sculpture; and *a building. Section B: Themes Choose two Themes from a choice of three: *B1 Nature in art and architecture *B2 Identities in art and architecture *B3 War in art and architecture. For each Theme, students answer a single compulsory question in two parts. Paper 2: Periods Written examination: 3 hours 50% of the qualification 110 marks Choose two Periods from a choice of five: *C1 Invention and illusion: the Renaissance in Italy (1420 - 1520) *C2 Power and persuasion: the Baroque in Catholic Europe (1597 - 1685) *C3 Rebellion and revival: the British and French Avant-Garde (1848 - 99) *C4 Brave new world: Modernism in Europe (1900 - 39) *C5 Pop life: British and American contemporary art and architecture (1960 - 2015) For each Period, students answer a single compulsory question in four parts