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Affective power

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The emotional impact and ability of images and constructed spaces to move or affect viewers, emphasized in southern European art following the Counter-Reformation.

AP course connection

Topic 3.1: 3.1 Cultural Contexts of Early European and Colonial American Art

Unit 3

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