🖼AP Art History
Key Terms

910 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your AP Art History exam

🖼AP Art History
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Unit 1 – Global Prehistoric Art, 30,000–500 BCE

1.1 Cultural Influences on Prehistoric Art

1.2 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Prehistoric Art

1.3 Theories and Interpretations of Prehistoric Art

Unit 2 – Ancient Mediterranean Art, 3500–300 BCE

2.1 Cultural Contexts of Ancient Mediterranean Art

2.2 Interactions Across Cultures in Ancient Mediterranean Art

2.3 Purpose and Audience in Ancient Mediterranean Art

2.4 Theories and Interpretations of Ancient Mediterranean Art

Unit 3 – Early European and Colonial American Art, 200–1750 CE

3.2 Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Early European and Colonial American Art

3.3 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Early European and Colonial American Art

3.4 Purpose and Audience in Early European and Colonial American Art

3.5 Theories and Interpretations of Early European and Colonial American Art

Unit 4 – Later European and American Art, 1750–1980 CE

4.1 Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Later European and American Art

4.2 Purpose and Audience in Later European and American Art

4.3 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Later European and American Art

4.4 Theories and Interpretations of Later European and American Art

Unit 5 – Indigenous American Art, 1000 BCE–1980 CE

5.1 Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Indigenous American Art

5.2 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Indigenous American Art

5.3 Purpose and Audience in Indigenous American Art

5.4 Theories and Interpretations of Indigenous American Art

Unit 6 – African Art, 1100–1980 CE

6.1 Cultural Contexts of African Art

6.2 Purpose and Audience in African Art

6.3 Theories and Interpretations of African Art

Unit 7 – West and Central Asian Art, 500 BCE–1980 CE

7.1 Materials, Processes, & Techniques in West & Central Asia

7.2 West Asia

7.3 Central Asia

Unit 8 – South, East, and Southeast Asian Art, 300 BCE–1980 CE

8.1 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art

8.2 India and Southeast Asia

8.3 Interactions Within and Across Cultures in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art

8.4 Japan 🇯🇵

Unit 9 – The Pacific, 700–1980 ce

9.1 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Pacific Art

9.2 Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Pacific Art

9.3 Theories and Interpretations of Pacific Art

Unit 10 – Global Contemporary Art, 1980 CE to Present

10.1 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Global Contemporary Art

10.2 Purpose and Audience in Global Contemporary Art

10.4 Theories and Interpretations of Global Contemporary Art

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