Cambridge Pre-U Art History (9799)

Syllabus
S
update: Cambrid
dge Interrnationall Level 3 Pre-U C
Certificate
e
in
n Art His
story (Priincipal) (9799)
(
fo
or examiination in
n 2016, 2017
2
and
d 2018

This syllabus hass been updatted. The latest syllabus iss version 5, published
p
Se
eptember 20 17.


Wh
hat has cha
anged?
Changes to sylllabus

Detail



The inforrmation on page
p
5 regard
ding availabillity for private candidatess has
been upd
dated.
Please ssee the Camb
bridge UK Guide to Makin
ing Entries fo
or more

informatiion.

s version of the syllabus, published September 20
015,
Changes to the previous
were:
Information o
on page 47 regarding
r
the
e submissionn dates and administratio
a
on of
vivas has be
een updated.
These chang
ges have been indicated with black li nes either side of the texxt.
Please see tthe Cambrid
dge Administrrative Guide for more info
ormation.

The previouss changes to
o the syllabus, published in May 2015
5, included:.
Changes ha
ave been mad
de to Historic
cal Topic 8: T
The shock of the new: arrt
and architeccture in Europe and the United
U
Statess in the 20th and 21st
centuries, se
ection 8.3 an
nd section 8.4
4, on page 229.
The dates 1 915-45 have
e been remov
ved from thee section 8.3 title, Rebellio
on
onscious.

and the unco
The dates 1 940-80 have
e been remov
ved from thee section 8.4 title, The figu
ure
and the obje
ect.
The details o
of the artists and works which
w
must bbe studied an
nd their datess are
provided in tthe text of the syllabus.

We also upd
dated the syllabus in Octo
ober 2014, w
when the follo
owing update
e

notice was p
published:
Changes ha
ave been mad
de to Section
n 1: Painting , Paper 1 An
nalytical Stud
dies
in Western a
and non-Wes
stern Art, on page 13.
We have ad ded the vers
sion of Artem
misia’s Gentileeschi’s Juditth Slaying
Holofernes p
painting for further clarific
cation. The fuull reference
e now reads:
Judith Slayin
ng Holoferne

es (National Museum
M
of C
Capodimonte
e, Naples),
c.1611–12, A
Artemisia Ge
entileschi.
Continued

We have not updated the specimen materials for this syllabus.
Please check the updated syllabus for further information.
The syllabus has been updated. You are strongly advised to read the whole syllabus before planning your
teaching programme.

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