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A-Level History of Art (Pearson Edexcel 9HT0) — the sole current GCE A-Level in History of Art.
Overview
A-Level History of Art (Pearson Edexcel 9HT0) — the sole current GCE A-Level in History of Art.
Complete topic map
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Analysing the formal characteristics of an unseen painting, sculpture and building.
How media and methods of making in two dimensions, three dimensions and architecture shape meaning and developed over time.
Patrons' motives and the social, political, religious and cultural functions driving art and architecture.
Engaging with critical texts and differing interpretations of art.
Global approaches to nature across cultures, periods and media.
Art expressing identity, including gender, status, ethnicity and nation.
Representations and uses of war, conflict and commemoration.
Illusionism, naturalism, humanism and patronage in the Italian Renaissance.
Baroque art and architecture as religious and political persuasion.
Realism, Impressionism and Aestheticism.
European Modernism and the rethinking of art and architecture.
Pop, Post-Modernism, mass media and body art.
Where this subject applies
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AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
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