AP Art History Exam Prep

The 250 required works spanning global prehistory to the present — analyzed for form, function, content, and context the way the exam demands.

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AP Art History Exam Format

Multiple Choice (image-based sets + discrete) — 80 questions, 60 min (50% of the score)
Free Response — Short Essays — 4 short essays, ~60 min (~30% of the score)
Free Response — Long Essays — 2 long essays, ~60 min (~20% of the score)

Exam date: May 2026 (date provisional — confirm with College Board). Fully digital in Bluebook. Format per College Board AP Central (checked June 2, 2026).

Study Unit by Unit

Unit 1: Global Prehistory — ~4% of the exam
Unit 2: Ancient Mediterranean — ~14% of the exam
Unit 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas — ~17% of the exam
Unit 4: Later Europe and Americas — ~21% of the exam
Unit 5: Indigenous Americas — ~6% of the exam
Unit 6: Africa — ~6% of the exam
Unit 7: West and Central Asia — ~4% of the exam
Unit 8: South, East, and Southeast Asia — ~8% of the exam
Unit 9: The Pacific — ~4% of the exam
Unit 10: Global Contemporary — ~11% of the exam

What We Cover (Honestly)

All ten content areas: Full content across the ten content areas with canonical works.
MCQ + short + long essays: Visual/contextual analysis, comparison, and continuity-and-change practice.
Exam date: Format verified; exact 2026 date provisional.

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