Free AP Art History Practice Test 2025 Official Study Guide [PDF]

1) Questions 1–4 are based on this image

Works like Magdalene Abakanowicz’s Androgyne III symbolize the

2) Questions 1–4 are based on this image

The artist uses burlap as a material in part because it

3) Questions 1–4 are based on this image

 The work is placed in the center of the room so that

4) Questions 1–4 are based on this image

This abstracted human form with contrasting solids and voids is compositionally similar to

5) The choice of marble for the sculpture of George Washington by Jean- Antoine Houdon

6) Questions 6–9 are based on Figures 2 and 3.

The objects on the left, called the David Vases, were made for

7) Questions 6–9 are based on Figures 2 and 3.

Sources for the designs of works on the left are most likely from

8) Questions 6–9 are based on Figures 2 and 3.

The work on the right represents a

9) Questions 6–9 are based on Figures 2 and 3.

The work on the right can be compared with the works on the left in that both

10) The Mexican flag today has an eagle perched on a cactus that rests on a rock. This symbol of Mexico can be found on which of the following works?

11) The hypostyle halls common in Egyptian architecture—for example, the Temple of Amun-Re—can be said to have inspired later buildings, such as

12) Monticello reflects Thomas Jefferson’s wish to reference the

13) Compared with the Florentine Renaissance, the Venetian Renaissance painted religious or historical works

14) Unlike most Baroque architects, Francesco Borromini

15) Questions 15–18 are based on Figures 4 and 5.

Both of these works incorporate narrative, but the narrative is different in that

16) Questions 15–18 are based on Figures 4 and 5.

The work on the top was meant to explain

17) Questions 15–18 are based on Figures 4 and 5.

The work on the bottom illustrates

18) Questions 15–18 are based on Figures 4 and 5.

The work on the bottom was meant to be

19) Mende masks were the only African masks worn by women. They were worn during ceremonies that

20) Shiva as Lord of Dance shows the god as a divine judge devastating the world. The same sentiments are expressed in which of the following works?

21) Questions 21–24 are based on Figures 6 and 7.

The print on the left was conceived as

22) Questions 21–24 are based on Figures 6 and 7.

These works are prints which

23) Questions 21–24 are based on Figures 6 and 7.

These prints were done in a format called a woodcut, which has a style that can be characterized as

24) Questions 21–24 are based on Figures 6 and 7.

The work on the right was done in the memory of

25) Many works of art throughout history are made of spolia, reused architectural and sculptural elements. Which one of the following buildings is composed partly of spolia?

26) Questions 26–29 are based on Figures 8 and 9.

This church was built along pilgrimage roads headed to

27) Questions 21–24 are based on Figures 6 and 7.

In order accommodate the number of pilgrims, the church has been designed with

28) Questions 21–24 are based on Figures 6 and 7.

As a pilgrimage center, it performs essentially the same role as

29) Questions 21–24 are based on Figures 6 and 7.

As a pilgrimage center, this building houses reliquaries. A reliquary can be defined as

30) Vigée Le Brun’s Self-Portrait pays tribute to her favorite patron, Marie Antoinette, by

31) The conical tower at Great Zimbabwe is modeled on

32) Which one of the following works is an example of a caricature?

33) Which of the following works has experienced a form of iconoclasm?

34) Which of the following contains an imperial portrait?

35) The bas-reliefs on the walls of the Palace at Persepolis depict

36) Questions 36–38 refer to this image.

This statue is similar to other Greek kouroi in that it is inspired by

37) Questions 36–38 refer to this image.

This sculpture was different from female sculptures of the same date in that it

38) Questions 36–38 refer to this image.

The sculpture probably

39) Although it is a Jewish manuscript, the Golden Haggadah shows cross- cultural influence in

40) Questions 40 and 41 refer to Figures 

Who was the patron of this building?

41) Questions 40 and 41 refer to Figures 

A key architectural feature first developed in this building is the

42) Question 42 refers to this Figure 

 This work can be attributed to which of the following artists?

43) Colophons are often seen

44) The Golden Stool is held to be a sacred item in part because it is

45) The design of the navigation charts of the Marshall Islands is difficult to interpret because the charts

46) Julie Mehretu’s works have an animation and a sweeping vibrant pulse similar to the works of

47)

This work can be attributed to which of the following art historical periods?

48) We know that the Basin by Muhammad ibn al-Zain must have been a special work for the artist because

49) The International Style of mid-twentieth-century architecture stressed

50) Which one of the following artists expressed his ideas about art in influential essays?

51) Question 51 refers to this Figure

The artist of this self-portrait thought of his art as

52) Questions 52–54 refer to Figures

The work on the left was used for prayer for which faith?

53) Questions 52–54 refer to Figures

The work on the right is woven because it is

54) Questions 52–54 refer to Figures

The artist in the work on the right appropriates images from the works of

55) The general Muslim and Jewish ban on religious images influenced the destruction of images in which period?

56) Northern Renaissance altarpieces are different from Italian ones in that the Northern ones

57) The discovery of the caves at Lascaux solidified the opinion that

58) 58. The lost wax process, sometimes called cire perdue, is a method of sculpture seen in which of the following works?

59)  Worshippers at the Kaaba, who are making the hajj,

60) Questions 60–62 refer to Figure

This work is in situ meaning it

61) Questions 60–62 refer to Figure

This work has been particularly designed

62) Questions 60–62 refer to Figure

This work draws inspiration from works like

63) Daumier’s Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art indicates a tone of

64) The Harlem Renaissance refers to a period that

65) Feathers were often used in Mesoamerican royal regalia because

66) Etchings are different from engraving in that etchings

67) Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is in a ruined condition today because

68) Questions 68 and 69 refer to Figure

Contextually, the figures on the Great Portals of Chartres

69) Questions 68 and 69 refer to Figure

This kind of grouping of sculpture and architecture can be found also at

70) Question 70 refers to Figure

The visual evidence in this work indicates that it is

71) Quoins are architectural features used primarily

72) Etruscan architecture is largely known to us today through the

73) Baroque ceiling paintings, like those by Giovanni Battista Gaulli,

74) Graywacke was favored by ancient Egyptian sculptors because

75) The exterior and interior decoration of the Houses of Parliament, or Palace of Westminster, shows a cultural identification with

76) A manuscript that is a moralized Bible is one in which

77) Jan Vermeer’s paintings suggest that he had knowledge of

78) The material used to make bandolier bags relies on

79) n Claude Monet’s Saint-Lazare Station, the artist represented the

80)

This painting can be attributed to Jan van Eyck because of the