AP Art History

Students use archaeological context and material evidence to reason about works made before written records can explain them directly.

1. 1.1Cultural Influences on Prehistoric Art→
2. 1.2Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Prehistoric Art→
3. 1.3Theories and Interpretations of Prehistoric Art→

Students compare art from interconnected Mediterranean societies while tracing patronage, belief, power, exchange, and changing interpretations.

1. 2.1Cultural Contexts of Ancient Mediterranean Art→
2. 2.2Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Ancient Mediterranean Art→
3. 2.3Purpose and Audience in Ancient Mediterranean Art→
4. 2.4Theories and Interpretations of Ancient Mediterranean Art→

Students examine how religion, empire, trade, technology, and cross-cultural contact shaped art across Europe and the colonial Americas.

1. 3.1Cultural Contexts of Early European and Colonial American Art→
2. 3.2Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Early European and Colonial American Art→
3. 3.3Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Early European and Colonial American Art→
4. 3.4Purpose and Audience in Early European and Colonial American Art→
5. 3.5Theories and Interpretations of Early European and Colonial American Art→

Students connect artistic change to revolution, industrialization, modernity, new media, and debates about who art is for.

1. 4.1Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Later European and American Art→
2. 4.2Purpose and Audience in Later European and American Art→
3. 4.3Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Later European and American Art→
4. 4.4Theories and Interpretations of Later European and American Art→

Students interpret Indigenous American works through community use, land, belief, material practice, continuity, and cultural exchange.

1. 5.1Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Indigenous American Art→
2. 5.2Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Indigenous American Art→
3. 5.3Purpose and Audience in Indigenous American Art→
4. 5.4Theories and Interpretations of Indigenous American Art→

Students study African art as active within political, spiritual, social, and performance settings rather than as isolated objects.

1. 6.1Cultural Contexts of African Art→
2. 6.2Purpose and Audience in African Art→
3. 6.3Theories and Interpretations of African Art→

Students trace how materials, sacred and civic purposes, and exchange networks shaped art across West and Central Asia.

1. 7.1Materials, Processes, and Techniques in West and Central Asian Art→
2. 7.2Purpose and Audience in West and Central Asian Art→
3. 7.3Interactions Within and Across Cultures in West and Central Asian Art→

Students compare artistic traditions across a vast region while attending to belief, materials, circulation, audience, and interpretation.

1. 8.1Materials, Processes, and Techniques in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art→
2. 8.2Purpose and Audience in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art→
3. 8.3Interactions Within and Across Cultures in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art→
4. 8.4Theories and Interpretations of South, East, and Southeast Asian Art→

Students consider how Pacific works carry identity, genealogy, navigation, ritual, and exchange through materials and performance.

1. 9.1Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Pacific Art→
2. 9.2Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Pacific Art→
3. 9.3Theories and Interpretations of Pacific Art→

Students analyze how contemporary artists respond to global exchange, identity, politics, technology, audience, and earlier traditions.

1. 10.1Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Global Contemporary Art→
2. 10.2Purpose and Audience in Global Contemporary Art→
3. 10.3Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Global Contemporary Art→
4. 10.4Theories and Interpretations of Global Contemporary Art→