Books with author John Nici

Barron's brand-new AP Art History test prep manual offers test takers a brush-up review of art history, starting with the earliest civilizations and extending to art of the present day. In addition to a thorough review of Western civilization art, separate chapters focus on non-European art traditions in India, China, Japan, Pre-Columbian Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. Each chapter discusses the historical background, artistic innovations, and characteristic style of a given movement, presenting analyses of major paintings, sculpture, and architecture in each period. Major periods, each reviewed in separate chapters, include prehistoric art, Ancient Near Eastern art, Egyptian art, Aegean art, Greek art, Etruscan art, Roman art, Byzantine art, Islamic art, early medieval European art, art of the Romanesque and Gothic periods, Italian and Northern European Renaissance art, the Baroque Rococo, Neoclassical eras, and art of the late 19th and entire 20th centuries, leading to the art movements of today. A diagnostic exam precedes the chapters surveying art history, and two full-length AP practice exams are presented at the end of the book with answer keys, diagnostic charts, and answer explanations. The text is profusely illustrated.

Barron's brand-new AP Art History test prep manual is now available with an optional CD-ROM. The book offers test takers a review of art history, starting with the earliest Western civilizations and extending to art of the present day. Additional chapters focus on non-European art traditions in India, China, Japan, the Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. Major periods are reviewed in separate chapters, each containing historical background, artistic innovation, major artists and movements, key works test takers should know, and relevant vocabulary. Each chapter has multiple-choice review questions and a practice essay with a model response. Every work of art discussed is illustrated in the text with an adjoining bulleted list of its characteristics. A diagnostic exam precedes the chapters surveying art history, and two full-length AP practice exams are presented at the end of the book with answer keys, diagnostic charts, answer explanations, and model essay responses. The text is

Comprehensive preparation for the AP Art History test includes: A diagnostic test and two full-length model tests with answers and explanations Art history review describes major artists and art movements Additional chapters on art beyond the European tradition Multiple-choice questions and practice essays follow every chapter An enclosed CD-ROM presenting more than 400 flash card images that test knowledge of works of art plus two additional practice tests with automatic scoring. System Requirements: Microsoft® Windows® Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz,Athlon 64 2800+ or faster processor(or equivalent). Memory: 128MB of RAM. Graphics Memory: 128MB. Platforms:Windows 7, Windows Vista®,Windows XP, Windows Server® 2008,Windows Server 2003. MAC® OS X Processor: Intel Core™ Duo1.33GHz or faster processor. Memory: 256MB of RAM. Graphics Memory: 128MB. Platforms: Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X 10.5,Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel) and higher. Linux® and Solaris™ Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz,AMD Athlon 64 2800+or faster processor (or equivalent). Memory: 512MB of RAM. Graphics Memory: 128MB. Platforms:Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5or later, openSUSE® 11 or later,Ubuntu 9.10 or later. Solaris: Solaris™ 10.

It's an alphabet explosion! 18 things in this book begin with the letter "A", 19 start with "H", and there are 37 ways of counting "S".Can you find them all?As you search, discover dazzling worlds where poodles paint, crows ride in corn-on-the-cob cars, unicorns wear underwear, and so much more. And when you've counted your way from A-Z, check your answers in the back of the book that lists all 421 things that appear.

It's an alphabet explosion! 18 things in this book begin with the letter "A", 19 start with "H", and there are 37 ways of counting "S".Can you find them all?As you search, discover dazzling worlds where poodles paint, crows ride in corn-on-the-cob cars, unicorns wear underwear, and so much more. And when you've counted your way from A-Z, check your answers in the back of the book that lists all 421 things that appear.