AP ART HISTORY RESOURCES

Helping teachers and students prepare for the AP Art History exam

The current Art History exam covers 10 Units and a total of 250 objects from around the world (really, more like 400).

We recognize the need for more resources, especially for areas outside of Europe and Anglo-U.S. art and history.

*Please note: we are not affiliated with the College Board in any way. These are resources created by educators for other educators!

UNIT 1: Global Prehistory

30,000–500 BCE

jade cong from ancient China

Key Terms and Ideas

UNIT 2: Ancient Mediterranean

3500 BCE–300 CE

Key Terms and Ideas

UNIT 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas

200–1750 CE

bird fibula walters

Key terms and ideas
leonardo da vinci annunciation

UNIT 4: Later Europe and Americas

1750–1980 CE

UNIT 5: Indigenous Americas

1000 BCE–1980 CE

Aztec Sun Stone otherwise known as the Aztec calendar stone

Key terms and ideas
The archaeological remains of a structure are set before modern-day buildings in Mexico City
A tall vessel is painted in turquoise and has a mask attached to it. The figure has large round eyes and fangs
stone buildings are set within a cliff face
https://www.artsq.org/symbols-subject-matter/v/who-are-the-aztec-amanteca-featherworkers

UNIT 8: South, East, and Southeast Asia

1300 BCE–1980 CE

Key terms and ideas
a relief sculpture of figures surrounding a wheel

College Board Resources about AP Art History