Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art (also known as AP Art and Design) is a series of

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s divided into three different categories: AP Studio Art Drawing, AP Studio Art 2D Design, and AP Studio Art 3D Design.

Portfolio

Unlike traditional AP exams that utilize a

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section,

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section, and occasionally an

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section, the AP Studio Art Exam is a

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that encompasses 3 different categories: Quality, Concentration, and Breadth. Depending on the AP Studio Art exam the person is taking, the components for each of the 3 categories will vary. Regardless of the exam, all AP Studio Art portfolios have to be turned in by a set date and time.

AP Studio Art Drawing

AP Studio Art Drawing is an

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course that deals with basic

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and

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

. Focus is applied on the

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of the different

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/etc... of the painting instead of the design itself. Originally called AP Studio Art, it was later changed to AP Studio Art Drawing.

Portfolio

*Section I: Quality: A student submits 5 actual

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to the AP College Board that represent the student's

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of technique and their design concepts. *Section II: Concentration: A student submits 12 different slides that demonstrate the student's ability to paint and draw a variety of pieces that relate to 1 idea. These are arranged in a special order on slide coverings from

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. Starting in 2009, an online application replaced the use of physical slides and associated documents. *Section III: Breadth: A student submits 12 additional and different slides that demonstrate the student's ability to incorporate

techniques and issues that include drawing from

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, work with inverted or nonobjective

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, effective use of

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and shade,

quality, surface manipulation, composition, various spatial systems, and expressive mark-making. There are arranged similar to Section II. Starting 2009, an online application replaced the use of physical slides and associated documents.

Grade distribution

In the 2016 administration, 18,407 students took the exam with 21 students earning a perfect score of 72/72.

AP Studio Art 2D

AP Studio Art 2D is an

course that is similar to AP Studio Art Drawing. It deals with

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applications such as

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, and

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. As a contrary to AP Studio Art Drawing, focus is applied on the

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itself instead of the composition of the artwork.

Portfolio

*Section I: Quality: A student submits 5 actual artwork that represents the student's

of designing pieces in 2D. *Section II: Concentration: A student submits 125 different slides that demonstrate the student's ability to make a variety of pieces in 2D that relate to 1

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. These are arranged in a special order on slide coverings from

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s that include unity/variety,

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, emphasis, contrast,

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/ scale, and figure-ground relationship. These are arranged similar to Section II. Starting 2009, an online application replaced the use of physical slides and associated documents.

Grade distribution

AP Studio Art 3D

AP Studio Art 3D is a

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Studio Art course that holds many similarities to the AP Studio Art 2D course. The course deals with

artistic applications such as

metalworking Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures. As a term it covers a wide and diverse range of processes, skills, and tools for producing objects on every scale ...

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

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, and

ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...

. Like AP Studio Art 2D, the focus is on the

of the artwork itself as opposed to its composition.

Portfolio

*Section I: Quality: The actual work for this exam is

and not flat, so transporting it directly to

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could cause damage to the artwork and the pieces would most likely not fit in portfolios. Because of this, five pieces of artwork are shown in ten slides to showcase the

of the student's

pieces. *Section II: Concentration: 12 different slides are submitted to demonstrate the student's ability to produce a variety of pieces that relate to a single

. The slides are arranged in slide coverings in an order designated by

. Starting in 2009, an online application replaced the use of physical slides and associated documents, and the student was allowed to determine the order of the works in their concentration. *Section III: Breadth: Eight different works are shown in 16 slides which are meant to demonstrate the student's ability to incorporate a variety of different

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principles, including unity/variety,

, emphasis, contrast,

/ scale, and figure/ground relationship. Similar to Section II, this section's slides are also arranged in an order designated by

. Starting 2009, an online application replaced the use of physical slides and associated documents.

Grade distribution

In the 2012 administration, 3,840 students took the exam with a mean score of 3.00.

References

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External links

AP Studio Art at CollegeBoard.com

Advanced Placement Visual arts education