<p>Gardner’s Art Through the Ages was my textbook when I took Art History in high school, and it is MASSIVE!!! It has a lot of good examples of art, nice glossy pictures, but the text had too much miscellaneous information for my taste.
Instead, I relied on a review book. Mine was the REA ([Amazon.com:</a> AP Art History with Art CD and TESTware (REA) (Test Preps) (9780738604794): Frank Chmiel, Larry Krieger: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Art-History-TESTware-Test-Preps/dp/0738604798/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1309652496&sr=8-3]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Art-History-TESTware-Test-Preps/dp/0738604798/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1309652496&sr=8-3)) one with a CD. It was the best investment EVER!! Not only is it the same information as the Gardner’s textbook (but much more concise), there were 2 practice tests within the book and a CD with pictures and extra practice tests. In the back of the review book, there are DOZENS of tips, like:
<em>Don’t try to cram *all</em> works of art. Choose a few art periods and become experts at those, while reviewing the other periods but not as in-depth. There’s no way you can cram everything
*Top 10 works of art in the mediums of architecture, 3D, and 2D art
*The trends that the CollegeBoard is moving toward, like including more female artists in the test.</p>
<p>Good luck!! It’s a very awesome class to study 
Edit: I’m not saying just rely on the review book. I’m saying get an actual textbook (Gardner’s is good) but review books help a lot for you to see the big picture! )</p>