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title: "AP Art History Attribution Essay Practice"
description: "132 Attribution Short Essays written in the AP format, each scored part by part."
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subject: "AP Art History"
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# AP Art History Attribution Essay Practice

## What the Attribution Essay asks

The attribution essay is FRQ 5 on the AP Art History exam. You see a work from outside the 250-work image set, attribute it to a culture, style, or tradition, and justify that attribution with visual evidence.

- **15 min**: suggested time
- **5 points**: across parts A to C
- **50%**: of your score, across all six FRQs

| Part | What it asks | Points |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A: Attribution | The culture, style, or tradition the work comes from | 1 |
| B: Justification | Two visual similarities to another work from that tradition | 2 |
| C: Values and beliefs | Two ways the work may have reinforced its culture’s values or beliefs | 2 |

## How Attribution Essay practice works

1. **Study the image and question.** The image of the work and each part of the question, laid out the way the exam shows them.
2. **Write on a 15-minute timer.** The time to plan for on exam day. Pause it or turn it off, and your response saves as you go.
3. **Submit for a score out of 5.** Your response is scored against the scoring guidelines written for that question. Your first score is included.

## All 132 questions

### Unit 1: Global Prehistory, 30,000-500 bce (9)
- [Neolithic painted pottery vessel attribution and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc63cd60be1dc9dd4db9&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Neolithic painted pottery vessel traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc63cd60be1dc9dd4dbb&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Neolithic painted pottery vessel symbolism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc65cd60be1dc9dd4dc2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Cycladic marble figurines and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc7fcd60be1dc9dd4dd3&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Neolithic painted pottery vessel cultural attribution](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddaad3c999613a454885&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Neolithic jade ritual objects, Chinese culture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddcbd3c999613a4548b1&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Neolithic jade ritual objects and spiritual symbolism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dddcd3c999613a4548bf&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Neolithic painted pottery vessel traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df2604f5ede8c826f5cd&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Zoomorphic ornament cultural attribution and symbolism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df2a04f5ede8c826f5d3&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 2: Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 bce-300 ce (25)
- [Ancient Egyptian funerary art and beliefs](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db4abd42e914679a9d4f&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Egyptian funerary art and afterlife beliefs](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db4dbd42e914679a9d55&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Ancient Greek black-figure pottery tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db50bd42e914679a9d63&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Egyptian funerary religious texts and imagery](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db70bd42e914679a9d83&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Classical Greek funerary monument traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc81cd60be1dc9dd4dd4&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Ancient Greek funerary monument sculpture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc82cd60be1dc9dd4de2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Archaic Greek kouros sculpture and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc83cd60be1dc9dd4de4&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Roman imperial relief propaganda](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc98cd60be1dc9dd4dee&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Archaic Greek kouros sculpture and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc9ccd60be1dc9dd4dfa&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Archaic Greek kore sculpture and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc9ccd60be1dc9dd4dfb&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Roman Imperial relief propaganda sculpture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dca2cd60be1dc9dd4e02&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Roman veristic portrait sculpture tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddaed3c999613a454891&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Roman veristic portraiture traditions and values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddbed3c999613a454898&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Greek black-figure pottery cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddc5d3c999613a45489e&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Roman veristic portraiture idealization and deification](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddc5d3c999613a4548a7&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Hellenistic sculpture depicting human emotion and dramatic movement](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddccd3c999613a4548b2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Hellenistic sculpture portraying theatrical drama character](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dec404f5ede8c826f551&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Ancient Egyptian funerary religious iconography](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dec504f5ede8c826f552&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Ancient Egyptian funerary relief conventions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dec604f5ede8c826f555&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Roman Imperial relief sculpture and propaganda](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dec904f5ede8c826f566&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Egyptian funerary relief and afterlife beliefs](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0104f5ede8c826f59d&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Egyptian funerary relief and afterlife beliefs](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0204f5ede8c826f59f&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Hellenistic sculptural drama and mythological conflict](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e12fea6f75e28279ac76&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Ancient Egyptian funerary art and beliefs](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e131ea6f75e28279ac81&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Greek black-figure pottery vessel decoration](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e1f4ea6f75e28279aca7&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas, 200-1750 CE (14)
- [Gothic cathedral sculpture and stained glass tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db4ebd42e914679a9d57&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Byzantine mosaic icon medallion attribution](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dca1cd60be1dc9dd4e00&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Late medieval Italian gold-ground painting traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd88d3c999613a454862&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Byzantine icon painting, religious devotion](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dda7d3c999613a454881&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Romanesque church portal, architectural sculpture traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dda8d3c999613a454883&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Gothic religious iconography and devotional practices](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dde1d3c999613a4548c3&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Gothic stained glass narrative religious art](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dde3d3c999613a4548c9&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Early Renaissance linear perspective painting](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3deca04f5ede8c826f567&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Early Renaissance linear perspective painting](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dee304f5ede8c826f577&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Mannerist religious art, spiritual transcendence and divine elevation](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dee504f5ede8c826f584&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Late Medieval Italian gold ground religious painting](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dee804f5ede8c826f589&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Baroque tenebrism, religious drama, spiritual conviction](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3deeb04f5ede8c826f58b&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Northern European Renaissance religious printmaking tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3deeb04f5ede8c826f58c&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [European Baroque tenebrism and religious dramatization](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0404f5ede8c826f5aa&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 4: Later Europe and Americas, 1750-1980 CE (14)
- [Impressionism, modern urban life, light effects](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db51bd42e914679a9d6a&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Modernist abstraction and geometric composition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db52bd42e914679a9d6b&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Romantic sublime landscape painting tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db94bd42e914679a9da6&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Geometric abstraction, modernist color theory, De Stijl movement](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc7fcd60be1dc9dd4dd2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Realist portraiture of nineteenth-century French labor](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dca3cd60be1dc9dd4e0e&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Romantic portraiture of intellectual labor and genius](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dcbacd60be1dc9dd4e15&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Impressionist depiction of modern urban life](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dda4d3c999613a454877&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Post-Impressionist landscape painting and structural composition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dee504f5ede8c826f579&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Neoclassical virtue and rational heroism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dee504f5ede8c826f585&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Impressionist intimacy, domestic leisure, modern life](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dee604f5ede8c826f586&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [French Realism peasant labor and dignity](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dee904f5ede8c826f58a&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Post-Impressionist painting, artistic style, cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0a04f5ede8c826f5b2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Nineteenth-century Realism peasant labor representation](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e132ea6f75e28279ac82&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Romantic landscape painting and sublime aesthetics](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e134ea6f75e28279ac84&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 5: Indigenous Americas, 1000 BCE-1980 CE (9)
- [Aztec stone sculpture and imperial symbolism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db6cbd42e914679a9d7a&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Andean feathered textiles and elite status symbolism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db73bd42e914679a9d92&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Andean textile production and social hierarchy](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd84d3c999613a45484f&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Maya relief sculpture depicting enthroned ruler](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddc9d3c999613a4548a9&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Aztec ritual imagery and deity impersonation practices](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddccd3c999613a4548b3&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Andean textile production and social hierarchy](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0404f5ede8c826f5ab&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Andean textile production, status, and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0804f5ede8c826f5b0&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Maya ceramic vessel iconography and ritual](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df2204f5ede8c826f5c3&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Maya ballgame ritual and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e157ea6f75e28279aca2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 6: Africa, 1100-1980 CE (12)
- [Kongo minkisi power figures and spiritual beliefs](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db70bd42e914679a9d82&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Benin court plaques, royal power, hierarchical society](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db72bd42e914679a9d90&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Benin brass sculpture, royal power representation](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db8bbd42e914679a9d9a&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Kongo power figures and spiritual intermediaries](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc84cd60be1dc9dd4de5&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Benin ivory mask, royal maternal lineage](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dda2d3c999613a454876&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Benin royal power and hierarchical court culture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dda7d3c999613a454878&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Benin court plaques depicting royal power](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dda9d3c999613a454884&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Benin court plaques, royal power symbolism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddabd3c999613a454890&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Benin royal brass heads, dynastic power](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df1104f5ede8c826f5ba&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Kuba ceremonial textiles and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df2d04f5ede8c826f5d4&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Kuba textile traditions and royal prestige](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e136ea6f75e28279ac91&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Kuba textile traditions and cultural values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e157ea6f75e28279aca1&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 7: West and Central Asia, 500 BCE-1980 CE (10)
- [Persian Safavid manuscript illumination and heroic narrative](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3da4ecd7fa7f5ea4d02a2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Islamic calligraphy and Qur'anic manuscript illumination](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db71bd42e914679a9d8e&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Islamic calligraphy and Qur'an manuscript decoration](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc5fcd60be1dc9dd4da5&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Persian manuscript illumination and heroic narrative tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc61cd60be1dc9dd4dab&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Islamic geometric tilework and mosque architecture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dca2cd60be1dc9dd4e01&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Mamluk Islamic decorative arts and mosque furnishings](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd88d3c999613a454863&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Islamic calligraphy, sacred text illumination](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddc5d3c999613a4548a8&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Islamic tile design, Ilkhanid dynasty](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0104f5ede8c826f59e&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Persian Safavid manuscript illumination traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e135ea6f75e28279ac85&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Persian Safavid manuscript illumination and miniature painting](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e135ea6f75e28279ac90&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 8: South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 BCE-1980 CE (17)
- [Buddhist votive stele, Western Wei dynasty](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db4ebd42e914679a9d56&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Western Zhou bronze ritual vessels](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db50bd42e914679a9d64&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Goryeo celadon vessel with religious iconography](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db71bd42e914679a9d8f&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Chinese funerary pottery and afterlife beliefs](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db8cbd42e914679a9d9b&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Chinese literati ink landscape painting tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc60cd60be1dc9dd4daa&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Hindu temple sculpture, erotic love imagery](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc62cd60be1dc9dd4db8&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd89d3c999613a454864&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Goryeo celadon pottery and cultural symbolism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dda8d3c999613a454882&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Shang Dynasty bronze ritual vessel traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dde5d3c999613a4548ca&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Hindu temple sculpture, divine union iconography](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dec604f5ede8c826f553&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Kushan Buddhist stupa reliquary traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dec604f5ede8c826f554&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Hindu temple sculpture iconography traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dec904f5ede8c826f565&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Shang dynasty bronze vessel ritualistic functions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df2804f5ede8c826f5ce&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Mughal court patronage and artistic traditions](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e131ea6f75e28279ac78&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Southeast Asian Buddhist sculptural tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e133ea6f75e28279ac83&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Gandharan Buddhist sculpture, Hellenistic influence](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e150ea6f75e28279ac9a&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Southeast Asian Buddhist temple relief sculpture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e152ea6f75e28279ac9b&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 9: The Pacific, 700-1980 ce (9)
- [Hawaiian featherwork status and prestige](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db6dbd42e914679a9d7b&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Yoruba wooden carved architectural panels](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db72bd42e914679a9d91&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Malagan mask tradition, Melanesian culture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc82cd60be1dc9dd4de3&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Marshall Islands stick chart navigation technology](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dca0cd60be1dc9dd4dff&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Polynesian tapa barkcloth cultural identity and values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd87d3c999613a454860&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Pacific wooden carving, cultural identity and values](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd88d3c999613a454861&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Pacific sculptural traditions, cultural identity representation](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3deca04f5ede8c826f568&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Māori weaving traditions and cultural identity](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0904f5ede8c826f5b1&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Māori cultural identity through carved house posts](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3e130ea6f75e28279ac77&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

### Unit 10: Global Contemporary, 1980 ce to Present (13)
- [Contemporary public memorial sculpture, British culture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db4cbd42e914679a9d54&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary Jewish Museum deconstructivist architecture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db6cbd42e914679a9d79&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary global architecture, cultural identity expression](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3db8dbd42e914679a9da2&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary global architecture, cultural synthesis](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc61cd60be1dc9dd4dac&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary deconstructivist museum architecture](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc63cd60be1dc9dd4dba&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary public monument sculpture tradition](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dc82cd60be1dc9dd4de1&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary global architecture and cultural identity](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dca3cd60be1dc9dd4e0d&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary Nordic architecture, minimalism, sustainability](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd85d3c999613a454854&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary global architecture, cultural representation](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3dd87d3c999613a454855&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary memorial public art and commemoration](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddc9d3c999613a4548aa&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary global architecture, cultural identity expression](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3ddecd3c999613a4548cd&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary installation art, immersive environments](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df0504f5ede8c826f5ac&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)
- [Contemporary deconstructivist architecture and modernism](/ap-art-history/frq-practice?id=69e3df2204f5ede8c826f5c4&type=frq-5-attribution-short-essay)

## Sample question

**Neolithic painted pottery vessel attribution and cultural values**

Image: https://kcbwzropdukwhmmvdylp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/stimuli/ap-art-history-beyond-set-jar-guan-1776535800475.jpg
  Alt: Image of Jar (Guan), Banshan phase, ca. 2650-2350 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, selected as an AP Art History beyond-set neolithic_painted_pottery_vessel candidate
  Placement: provided-work

The work shown is not part of the required image set.

Part A (1 point):
  Prompt: Correctly attribute the work shown to the specific culture, style, or artistic tradition in which it was created.
  Verb: attribute

Part B (2 points):
  Prompt: Using two examples of specific visual evidence, justify the attribution by describing relevant similarities between the work shown and another work of the same type created by the same culture, style, or tradition.
  Verb: justify

Part C (2 points):
  Prompt: Using two examples of specific visual and/or contextual evidence, explain how the work shown may have reinforced values or beliefs of the culture, style, or tradition in which it was created.
  Verb: explain

Image URLs (1):
  - https://kcbwzropdukwhmmvdylp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/stimuli/ap-art-history-beyond-set-jar-guan-1776535800475.jpg

## Questions

**How many responses can I get scored?**

You can read every question without a plan. Your first scored response is included. A plan unlocks unlimited scoring.

**How specific should my attribution be?**

As specific as your evidence supports. Build it from several clues, such as technique, proportions, and ornament, and name the tradition rather than a broad period.

**How is attribution different from visual analysis?**

Both show an unfamiliar work. Attribution asks you to name where the work comes from and justify it. Visual analysis asks how the artist’s choices create effects.

**Can I answer in bullet points?**

On the exam, responses must be in essay form, and outlines or bulleted lists don’t earn full credit. Practice in short, complete sentences that answer each part.

**Can I write my answer by hand?**

Yes. Switch the editor to handwrite, write on paper, and add a photo of your page.

## Related

- [Attribution Essay exam guide](/ap-art-history/ap-art-history-exam/ap-art-history-frq-short/study-guide/ap-art-history-frq-short)
- [AP Art History Comparison Essay practice](/ap-art-history/frqs/comparison)
- [AP Art History Visual/Contextual Essay practice](/ap-art-history/frqs/visual-contextual-analysis)
- [AP Art History Visual Analysis Essay practice](/ap-art-history/frqs/visual-analysis)
- [AP Art History Contextual Analysis Essay practice](/ap-art-history/frqs/contextual-analysis)
- [AP Art History Continuity and Change Essay practice](/ap-art-history/frqs/continuity-and-change)
- [AP Art History FRQs](/ap-art-history/frqs)
- Any question by id: the `get_frq` tool on the [Fiveable MCP server](/mcp/docs)

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