🖼ap art history review

Layering

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 in which multiple forms or figures are arranged in successive planes to create the illusion of depth and spatial recession.

AP course connection

Topic 8.1: 8.1 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art

Unit 8