Are you taking the PAU 2025 in Madrid and are you studying Art History?
This subject is part of the Baccalaureate, and you can take the exam as specific to the modality. It is a fairly dense subject, but it is not very complicated when it comes to preparing and examining it.
Below we tell you what the 2025 PAU Art History exam will be like.
What will the 2025 PAU exam in Art History be like in Madrid?
On the day of the PAU test (until now called EvAU, or EBAU), you will find the following exam structure:
- Question on terms: you will be presented with 4 slides and you will have to identify an artistic term for each one, giving a brief description of each term. Maximum score: 2 points.
- Topic to choose from the two proposed. Maximum score: 2 points.
- From 5 artists, choose 3, indicating the period, characteristics and outstanding works. Maximum score: 3 points.
- Analyze one of the two works proposed in the slides, identifying, analyzing and commenting on it.
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Tips for preparing for the Art History exam
And if you want to achieve the best possible result in the 2025 PAU Art History exam, we recommend that you follow these tips:
- Study by looking at the works of art: as you read, underline or study each of the topics, visualize the works of art to better memorize the characteristics of each style.
- Make yourself a chronology of styles: it will help you memorize the different artistic reactions and thus which preceded and followed each of the styles.
- Prepare comments on the works: it is best to practice before the exam by commenting on the most important works of art. This way you will gain confidence on test day.
- Develop the most common topics in your notebook, to know how to organize them: when studying the most common topics, it will be much easier for you to address them in the exam if you have written them down before and know how you should organize the ideas, characteristics, artists and works .
- Create a list of artists with their basic characteristics: it is important to know the most representative artists and memorize their fundamental works. For this, the most advisable thing is that for each period or style you make a list of the artists that enter the exam, or some cards, and write some of their basic characteristics along with their works. It will make your study easier.
We hope that this article will help you prepare for the 2025 PAU Art History exam. And if the test you are going to take is not the PAU but the PCE UNEDasiss, we recommend that you this article from our collaborating center, Academia Bravosol, with several tips for the PCE UNEDasiss Art History exam. There is very little left to reach the finish line. Much encouragement!
