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History of Western Art and Civilization: Prehistory through the Middle Ages

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with her Daughter, Julie, 1789, oil on canvas, 130 x 94 cm (Musée du Louvre).

History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to Revolution, 1300 – 1800

Modern Art in Europe and North America

The Mass of St. Gregory, 1539, feathers on wood with touches of paint, 26 1/4 x 22 inches / 68 x 56 cm (Musee des Jacobins)

World Art History, c. 15th century to the present

AP and A-level Art History

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Glossary for AP Content Area 5: Indigenous Americas

Terracotta fragments, Lapita people

Running Horned Woman, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

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Malick Sidibé, Back View (2003)

Sidibé was the first African and the first photographer awarded the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2007.

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