🖼ap art history review

Emphasis

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 compositional technique that draws the viewer's attention to a particular figure, object, or area through visual means such as placement, scale, color, light, or spatial arrangement.

AP course connection

Topic 4.4: 4.4 Theories and Interpretations of Later European and American Art

Unit 4

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