🖼ap art history review

Laocoön

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 Hellenistic marble sculpture group created in Rome during the first century C.E., most likely as a copy of an ancient Greek work, depicting the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons struggling against serpents.

AP course connection

Topic 2.5: 2.5 Unit 2 Required Works

Unit 2

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