AP Art History Midterm Review Guide
Below is a list of people, terms and works of art. For each work of art, be able to describe its significance, relationship to the time period, the medium, artist (if known) and patron (if known).
Ancient Near Eastern
Law Codex of Hammurabi
Dying Lioness
Horned helmet of divinity
Shamash
Stele
Diorite
Ishtar Gate
Ziggurat
Marduk Ziggurat
HangingGardens
WhiteTemple
Nebuchadnezzar
Assyria
Babylon
Relief sculpture
Ancient Egypt
Death mask of King Tut
Palette of Narmer
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
Mastaba
Pyramid
PylonTemple
Imhotep
Akhenaton
Nefertiti
Last Judgement of Hu Nefer
Book of the Dead
Osiris
Isis
Horus
Aton
Amen
Ka
Kafre
Khufu
Hatshepsut
Old/Middle/New Kingdoms
Amarna
King Tut
Howard Carter
Aegean Art
Death mask of Agamemnon
Dolphin Fresco
Palace of Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
Minoan
Mycenae
Heinrich Schliemann
Corbelled arch
Lion’s Gate
Tholos
Ancient Greek
Geometric
Archaic
Classical
Hellenistic
Kouros
Kore
Kroisos
Kritios Boy
Discobolos
Doryphoros
Aphrodite of Knidos
Athena Parthenos
Polykleitos
Praxitiles
Lysippos
Phidias
Parthenon
Propylaia
Temple of Athena Nike
Erectheion
Caryatid
Boxer
Laocoon and Sons
Winged Victory
Old Woman
Altar of Zeus at Pergamon
Theater
Encaustic
Red figure
Black figure
Herakles Wrestling a Lion vase
Amphora
Krater
Frieze
Doric order
Ionic order
Corinthian order
Pediment
Cornice
Marble
Ancient Rome
Etruscan
Terracotta
Concrete
Pantheon
Rotunda
Oculus
Arch of Titus
Triumphal Arch
Pompeii
Still life with Peaches fresco
Colosseum
Trajan’s Column
Amphitheater
Augustus
Vespasian
Hadrian
Marcus Aurelius
Titus
Domitian
Early Christian/Byzantine
Tetrarchs
Harbaville Triptych
Diptych
Mosaic
Icon
Iconoclasm
Catacomb
Christ the Good Shepherd mosaic
Hagia Sophia
pendentive
San Vitale
Taj Mahal
Dome of the Rock
Great Mosque at Cordoba
Mosque (specific parts/purpose)
Calligraphy
Arabesques
Diocletian
Constantine
Justinian
Early Medieval
Art of Warrior Lords
Hiberno-Saxon
Carolingian
Ottonian
Sutton Hoo
Cloisonné
Illuminated manuscripts
Interlace
Celtic crosses
Lindisfarne Gospels
Carpet page
Charlemagne
Palatine Chapel
Westwork
Saint Michael’s at Hildesheim
Bishop Bernward
Archbishop Gero’s Crucifix
Romanesque
Pilgrimages
Crusades
Relics
Reliquaries
Saint Sernin
Crossing square
Ambulatory
Barrel vaults
Bays
Tribune
Portal
Tympanum
Last Judgment
Pisa Cathedral Complex
LeaningTower of Pisa
Baptistery
Bayeux Tapestry
Gothic
Abbot Suger
Saint Denis
“Height and light”
Giorgio Vasari
Chartres
Virgin’s veil
Triforium
Clerestory
Saint-Chapelle
Rayonnant
Flamboyant
House of Jacques Coeur
Fan Vaults
Precursors of the Renaissance
Giotto
Arena Chapel
The Lamentation
Siena
Duccio
La Maesta
Simone Martini
International Style
Palazzo Pubblico
Campanile
Effects of Good Government on City and Countryside
Lorenzetti
Nicola Pisano
Pulpit at Pisa
Renaissance
Florence
Medici
Humanism
Neoplatonism
Portraiture
Combatimento
Sacrifice of Isaac
Gates of Paradise
Birth of Venus
Botticelli
Fra Savonarola
Donatello
David
Saint Mark