DSST: Art of the Western World

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I do not currently have access to the feedback section so I am posting this here.

I sat DSST: Art of the Western World this morning, won't have the results for 3 weeks.

This has to be the hardest exam I have taken so far, as I had very little prior knowledge in this area.

I studied about 3 weeks, watched the Annenberg media videos Resource: Art of the Western World and numerous BBC art video's /documentaries that are on youtube. YouTube - Caravaggio - Power of Art 1 , or YouTube - Power of Art - Van Gogh (1/6) or bbc impressionists YouTube - The Impressionists - Ep 1 (1/6) etc..also read parts of Art for Dummies Art For Dummies:Book Information - For Dummies and a book called " ...isms-understanding art Amazon.com: Isms: Understanding Art (9780789312099): Stephen Little: Books and I used the feedback found on instantcert forum.

Of the resources I used I would rank them in this order:
1. Instantcert feedback
2. bbc you tube eg: videos Power of art series
3. ...isms-understanding art
4. Annenberg video's
5. Art for Dummies


Things I wish I had focused on more:

Architecture: specific bldg's eg: the abbey CLUNY III and also styles eg: post- modernism
What works were commissioned by the Pope Julius II
Artists known for painting men on horses.
Art timeline ( this would have helped narrow down some of my guesses).
Vermeer
differences between French and German expressionists
The style/mood of Michalangelo's works toward the end of his career.
Greek/Roman - I was really lost on these sections of the exam
difference between lithograph/etching/engraving
Who painted aristocrats, who painted religious themes, who painted ordinary people, etc....
more history and less art

My version had 88 questions. I would say I guessed on at least 50% of this exam. This is the first exam I had trouble narrowing down choices to two possibilities. My first time through I answered about 50 question but felt confident on only about 40 answers. Then I went through and guessed on the rest by trying to narrow down the choices.

I think my version of the exam was more like a history review then it was an art exam.
I am not sure if giving my self more time to study would have helped me because I was studying from an art perspective and for my version of the exam I would have to have studied from more of a history perspective.
It will be interesting to see if I managed to pass this one- I am hoping it has a major curve built into the grading.

Update: 6/28/2010- received my score today : 69
This exam either has a major curve, or I knew more then I thought I did on this subject.