DSST Western World Art study plan

Map the Italian Renaissance chronologically from Masaccio through the High Renaissance, listing at least 12 artists with one signature work each

Identify and describe the shift from tempera to oil technique and from fresco to panel painting, citing two specific works

Explain linear perspective and chiaroscuro using at least two named paintings as evidence

Define the terms contrapposto, sfumato, and humanism and apply each to a specific Renaissance artwork

Compare the Florentine and Venetian schools on color, light, and patronage using named works

Distinguish Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, and Northern Renaissance characteristics in writing

Analyze at least three works by Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael for composition and iconography

Explain the role of the Medici and papal patronage in shaping commissions

Chart the emergence of the Baroque from Mannerism, naming at least four transition artists and their works

Identify tenebrism, dramatic diagonals, and theatrical lighting in at least four named paintings

Compare Italian, Flemish, Dutch, and Spanish Baroque traditions on subject matter and religious or civic function

Explain how the Counter-Reformation and Protestant patronage shaped Baroque commissions

Analyze at least three works each by Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Velázquez for style and narrative devices

Distinguish Baroque painting from Baroque sculpture and architecture using named monuments

Describe how Dutch genre painting and still life encode moral meaning

Match 15 Baroque artists to their patrons, cities, and signature works from memory

Define Realism as a mid-19th-century movement and contrast it with Romanticism and Neoclassicism using named works

Explain the impact of photography, urbanization, and the 1848 revolutions on Realist subject matter

Analyze at least four works by Courbet, Millet, Manet, and Daumier for subject, scale, and social commentary

Distinguish French Realism from Russian and American Realist traditions with specific examples

Trace the lineage from Realism into Impressionism and explain what changed in technique and subject

Summarize the key traits of Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Medieval art with one monument each

Outline the sequence from Neoclassicism through Romanticism to Realism with dates and representative artists

Identify recurring motifs and functions of art across periods, such as religious narrative and state propaganda

Describe the major movements after Realism, including Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and Expressionism, with two artists each

Explain key shifts in 20th-century art such as abstraction, readymades, and non-objective painting

Identify architectural styles from Greek orders through Gothic, Renaissance, and modern, with one building each

Match 20 works from non-focus periods to artist, period, and medium from memory

Review all four domains using condensed notes and correct every missed item from earlier quizzes

Practice image-free identification by describing a work from memory and naming artist, period, and medium

Time yourself on a full-length practice set and analyze error patterns by domain

Drill the highest-frequency artists and works across all periods to automatic recall