🖼ap art history review

Colonialism

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

A system of political and economic control by one nation over other territories and peoples, whose waning through independence movements has contributed to shifts in global art representation.

AP course connection

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

Unit 4