OK, I'm gonna try to help you out here...note the key word is *try*.

I had a class similar to that (only UK has to give everything fancy names so it was History of Art: Renaissance to Modern), and the best thing you can do is look at each piece you're studying until you're sick of seeing it. Then you can associate the artist's name with it. I like the idea of flash cards, too. Once you know what's what, you can start looking at the symbolism, lines, technique, etc, etc. I made an A in that class, but I'm pretty sure it was because I'd actually seen in person a lot of the pieces we were studying (and I'm sure it helped that I like art!)...so unless you wanna plan a quick trip to Italy or Paris I'd say studying it over and over and over is the way to go. Good luck!