🖼ap art history review

Nonfigural imagery

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

Decorative art that does not depict human or animal figures, such as geometric patterns, calligraphy, and vegetal forms, used in Islamic art.

AP course connection

Topic 7.3: 7.3 Central Asia

Unit 7

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