🖼ap art history review

Classicism

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

An artistic approach based on Greco-Roman models that experienced isolated regional revivals in medieval Europe, often motivated by association with Roman Christian emperors and the church.

AP course connection

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

Unit 3