Ancient Near
East
(Mesopotamia)
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Sumerian
Akkadian
Neo- Sumerian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Persian
Sumerian /
Neo-Sumerian
Akkadian
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Babylonian /
Neo-Babylonian
Assyrian
Persian
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Ancient Egypt
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Pre-dynastic
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Amarna period
Pre-dynastic
Egypt
Old Kingdom
Egypt
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New Kingdom
Egypt
Amarna period
Ancient Greece
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Cycladic
Minoan
Mycenaean
Geometric & Orientalizing periods
Archaic period
Classical period
Hellenistic
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Cycladic
Minoan
Mycenaean
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Geometric &
Orientalizing
periods (Greece)
Archaic period
Classical period
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Hellenistic
Ancient Rome
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Republican period
Early Empire (Imperial period)
High Empire (Imperial period)
Late Empire
Republican period
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Early Empire
High Empire
Late Empire
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Late Antiquity /
Early Christian
Byzantine
Islamic
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Early Medieval
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Migratory cultures (e.g. Viking, HibernoSaxon, etc.)
Carolingian
Ottonian
Viking
Hiberno-Saxon
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Carolingian
Ottonian
Romanesque
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Romanesque
(Regional styles)
Gothic
(Early/High/Late)
Gothic
(Regional styles)
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International
Style (Gothic)
ProtoRenaissance
Early
Renaissance
(Florentine
Renaissance)
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High
Renaissance
Venetian
Renaissance
Mannerism
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15th century
Northern Europe
(Northern
“Renaissance”)
Northern
Renaissance
(16th century)
Italian Baroque
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Spanish Baroque
Flemish Baroque
Dutch Baroque
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French Baroque
Rococo
Art of the
Enlightenment
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Neoclassicism
Romanticism
Hudson River
School
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Revivalist
architecture
(e.g. Neo-Gothic,
Neo-Baroque, etc.)
Realism
Pre-Raphaelite
Brotherhood
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Early
Photography
Symbolism
Arts & Crafts
Movement
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Art Nouveau
Fauvism
German
Expressionism
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Die Brucke
Der Blaue Reiter
New Objectivity
(Neue Sachlihkeit)
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Cubism
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Analytical Cubism
Synthetic Cubism
Futurism
Dada
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Surrealism
Constructivism
de Stijl
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Modernism in
America
Modernism in
Mexico
Modern
Sculpture
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Modern
Architecture
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Bauhaus
International Style
Art Deco
“Prairie” style / “nature” inspired
“Minimalist” architecture
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Gestural Abstraction (action painting)
Color field painting
Post-WWII
Expressionism
Abstract
Expressionism
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Post-Painterly
Abstraction
Minimalism
Superrealism
(Hyper-Realism)
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Post-Modernism
Feminist Art
Post-Modernism
Social / Political
Art
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Post-Modernism
“art about art”
Post-Modernism
architecture
Site-Specific art /
Earth art
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Performance art
Conceptual art
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Everything you need to know to pass the APAH Exam study guide
Key information:
Antiquity
Ancient Near East (SANBAN + P)
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(When did this style occur?)
 Sumerian
o Pre-1750 CE you must know to the century
 Akkadian
(e.g. 2500 BCE, 1300 CE, 1600 CE etc.)
 Neo- Sumerian
o Post-1750 CE you must know to the decade
(e.g. 1750s, 1760s, 1770s, etc.)
 Babylonian
 Assyrian
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(3 formal elements) (What
 Neo-Babylonian
does the work look like?)
 Persian
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(What is Ancient Egypt
 Pre-dynastic
happening in the world to cause art to
 Old Kingdom
look the way it does?)
 New Kingdom
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(What is the
 Amarna period
Ancient Greece
work about? What tone/mood is
 Cycladic
typical of the style?)
 Minoan
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(Who are essential
 Mycenaean
artists and important artists?)
 Geometric & Orientalizing periods
 Archaic period
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(What are the
 Classical period
best examples of the period/style?)
 Hellenistic
Etruscan
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(What are
Ancient Rome
important art history terms?)
 Republican period
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(Who
 Early Empire (Imperial period)
 High Empire (Imperial period)
are important people that shaped the
 Late Empire
way art looked?)
Date
Style
Historical Context
Subject/Theme
Key Artists
Key Artworks
Art Vocabulary
Key patrons/rulers
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Media/Technique (What
media [materials] & techniques were
used to make art?)
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Architecture
Materials/Techniques
(What materials and techniques were
used to build?)
Medieval
Late Antiquity / Early Christianity
Byzantine
Islamic
Early Medieval
 Migratory cultures (e.g. Viking, HibernoSaxon, etc.)
 Carolingian
 Ottonian
Romanesque
 Regional styles (e.g. French, Norman, &
Italian Romanesque)
Gothic
 Early / High / Late Gothic
 Regional styles (e.g. French, English,
German, & Italian Gothic)
International Style (International Gothic)
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Renaissance & Baroque
Italy:
Proto-Renaissance
Early Renaissance (Florentine Renaissance)
High Renaissance
 Venetian Renaissance
 Mannerism
Northern Europe:
15th century Northern Europe
Northern Renaissance (16th century)
Baroque
 Italian Baroque
 Spanish Baroque
 Flemish Baroque
 Dutch Baroque
 French Baroque
Rococo
The Enlightenment
Art of the Enlightenment
Neoclassicism
19th century (1800’s)
Romanticism
 Hudson River School
 Revivalist architecture (e.g. Neo-Gothic,
Neo-Baroque, etc.)
Realism
 Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
 Early photography
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
 Symbolism
 Arts & Crafts Movement
 Art Nouveau
20th century (1900’s)
Fauvism
German Expressionism
 Die Brucke
 Der Blaue Reiter
 New Objectivity (Neue Sachlihkeit)
Cubism
 Analytical Cubism
 Synthetic Cubism
Futurism
Dada
Surrealism
Constructivism
de Stijl
Modernism in America
Modernism in Mexico
Modern sculpture
Modern architecture
 Bauhaus
 International Style
 Art Deco
 “Prairie” style / “nature” inspired
 “Minimalist” architecture
Post-WWII art
Post-WWII Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
 Gestural Abstraction (action painting)
 Color field painting
Post-Painterly Abstraction
Minimalism
Pop Art
Superrealism
Post-Modernism
Post-Modernism
 Neo-Expressionism
 Feminist Art
 Social / Political Art
 “Art about Art”
 Post-Modern architecture
 Site-Specific Art / Earth Art
 Performance art
 Conceptual art
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Key information:
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Date (When did this style occur?)
o
o
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Pre-1750 CE you must know to the century (e.g. 2500 BCE, 1300 CE, 1600 CE etc.)
Post-1750 CE you must know to the decade (e.g. 1750s, 1760s, 1770s, etc.)
Style (3 formal elements) (What does the work look like?)
Historical Context (What is happening in the world to cause art to look the
way it does?)
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Subject/Theme (What is the work about?
What tone/mood is typical of the
style?)
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Key Artists (Who are essential artists and important artists?)
Key Artworks (What are the best examples of the period/style?)
Art Vocabulary (What are important art history terms?)
Key patrons/rulers (Who are important people that shaped the way art
looked?)
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Media/Technique (What media [materials] & techniques were used to
make art?)
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Architecture Materials/Techniques (What materials and
techniques were used to build?)
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