How to Use This Book vi
Barron's Essential 5 viii
Part 1 Getting to Know the AP Exam in Art History
Introduction 3
The AP Exam in the History of Art: An Overview 3
How the Test Is Scored 3
Exam Nomenclature 4
Dates 4
What's New About the Redesigned AP Exam? 6
Answering the Multiple-Choice Questions 7
Answering the Free-Response Questions 12
Attribution Practice 17
Continuity and Change Practice 26
Concordance of the AP Curriculum Framework and Barron's AP Art History 33
Part 2 Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test 51
Answer Key 73
Answer Explanations 74
Part 3 Content Review
Content Area: Global Prehistory
1. Prehistoric Art 95
Content Area: Ancient Mediterranean
2. Ancient Near Eastern Art 109
3. Egyptian Art 123
4. Greek Art 141
5. Etruscan Art 163
6. Roman Art 173
Content Area: Early Europe and Colonial Americas
7. Late Antique Art 191
8. Byzantine Art 201
Content Areas: Early Europe and Colonial Americas West and Central Asia
9. Islamic Art 215
Content Area: Early Europe and Colonial Americas
10. Early Medieval Art 235
11. Romanesque Art 245
12. Gothic Art 257
13. Gothic Art in Italy 273
14. Renaissance in Northern Europe 283
15. Early Renaissance in Italy: Fifteenth Century 297
16. High Renaissance and Mannerism 309
17. Baroque Art 325
18. Art of New Spain: Spanish Colonies in the Americas 341
Content Areas: Early Europe and Colonial Americas Later Europe and Americas
19. Rococo and Neoclassicism 353
Content Area: Later Europe and Americas
20. Romanticism 367
21. Late-Ninteenth-Century Art 383
22. Early- and Mid-Twentieth-Century Art 401
Content Areas: South, East, and Southeast Asia
23. Indian and Southeast Asian Art 431
24. Chinese and Korean Art 449
25. Japanese Art 465
Content Area: Indigenous Americas
26. Art of the Americas 477
Content Area: Africa
27. African Art 499
Content Area: The Pacific
28. Pacific Art 519
Content Area: Global Contemporary
29. Contemporary Art 535
Part 4 Practice Tests
Practice Test 1 565
Answer Key 591
Answer Explanations 592
Practice Test 2 615
Answer Key 642
Answer Explanations 643
Glossary 661
Photo Credits 677
Index 683