Contents

Barron’s Essential 5

PART ONE: ­GETTING TO KNOW THE AP EXAM IN ART HISTORY

Introduction

How to Use This Book

The Advanced Placement Examination in the History of Art: An Overview

How the Test Is Scored

Exam Nomenclature

Dates

What’s New About the Redesigned AP Exam?

Answering the Multiple-Choice Questions

Answering the Free-Response Questions

Attribution Practice

Continuity and Change Practice

Concordance of the AP Curriculum Framework and Barron’s AP Art History

PART TWO: DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Diagnostic Test

Answer Key

PART THREE: CONTENT REVIEW

Content Area: Global Prehistory

1Prehistoric Art

Content Area: Ancient Mediterranean

2Ancient Near Eastern Art

3Egyptian Art

4Greek Art

5Etruscan Art

6Roman Art

Content Area: Early Europe and Colonial Americas

7Late Antique Art

8Byzantine Art

Content Areas: Early Europe and Colonial Americas West and Central Asia

9Islamic Art

Content Area: Early Europe and Colonial Americas

10Early Medieval Art

11Romanesque Art

12Gothic Art

13Gothic Art in Italy

14Renaissance in Northern Europe

15Early Renaissance in Italy: Fifteenth Century

16High Renaissance and Mannerism

17Baroque Art

18Art of New Spain: Spanish Colonies in the Americas

Content Areas: Early Europe and Colonial Americas Later Europe and Americas

19Rococo and Neoclassicism

Content Area: Later Europe and Americas

20Romanticism

21Late-Ninteenth-Century Art

22Early- and Mid-Twentieth-Century Art

Content Areas: South, East, and Southeast Asia

23Indian and Southeast Asian Art

24Chinese and Korean Art

25Japanese Art

Content Area: Indigenous Americas

26Art of the Americas

Content Area: Africa

27African Art

Content Area: The Pacific

28Pacific Art

Content Area: Global Contemporary

29Contemporary Art

PART FOUR: PRACTICE TESTS

Practice Test 1

Answer Key

Answers Explained

Practice Test 2

Answer Key

Answers Explained

Glossary

Photo Credits

Index