AP Art History
10 units · 13 topics · 439 lessons · Exam: May
250 required works of art and architecture across ten content areas, from prehistory to the present.
1Global Prehistory (30,000–500 BCE)
The earliest art, from cave paintings to megaliths.
Global Prehistory (30,000–500 BCE)
The earliest art, from cave paintings to megaliths.
2Ancient Mediterranean (3500 BCE–300 CE)
The Near East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome.
Ancient Mediterranean (3500 BCE–300 CE)
The Near East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome.
3Early Europe and Colonial Americas (200–1750 CE)
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art.
Early Europe and Colonial Americas (200–1750 CE)
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art.
4Later Europe and Americas (1750–1980 CE)
Neoclassicism through Modernism.
Later Europe and Americas (1750–1980 CE)
Neoclassicism through Modernism.
5Indigenous Americas (1000 BCE–1980 CE)
Art of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Indigenous Americas (1000 BCE–1980 CE)
Art of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
6Africa (1100–1980 CE)
Art from across the African continent.
Africa (1100–1980 CE)
Art from across the African continent.
7West and Central Asia (500 BCE–1980 CE)
Islamic art and art of West and Central Asia.
West and Central Asia (500 BCE–1980 CE)
Islamic art and art of West and Central Asia.
8South, East, and Southeast Asia (300 BCE–1980 CE)
Buddhist, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art.
South, East, and Southeast Asia (300 BCE–1980 CE)
Buddhist, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art.
9The Pacific (700–1980 CE)
Art of Oceania, Polynesia, and Australia.
The Pacific (700–1980 CE)
Art of Oceania, Polynesia, and Australia.
10Global Contemporary (1980 CE–present)
Art made since 1980 around the world.
Global Contemporary (1980 CE–present)
Art made since 1980 around the world.