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AP Art History Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Art Deco
Encaustic
Disegno
Altar Piece
2. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Contraposto
Caryatid
Constructivism
Altar Piece
3. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Caduceus
Anamorphic Image
Kaaba
4. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Impressionism
Futurism
Cella
Caduceus
5. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Chimera
Installation
Concrete
Byzantine
6. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Collage
Ambulatory
Emblema
Cire Perdue
7. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Chryselephantine
Encaustic
Action Painting
Entasis
8. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Etching
Metope
Dy Point
Apotheosis
9. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Minimalism
Acropolis
Grisaille
Dada
10. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Entasis
Cubism
Art Deco
Mandorla
11. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Horror Vaqui
Gouache
Aestetics
Caryatid
12. Painting on plaster
Encaustic
Fresco
Canon
Clerestory
13. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Hiberno-Saxon
Conceptual Art
Femmage
Cubism
14. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Chiton
Hypostyle Hall
Altar Piece
15. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Carolingian
Constructivism
Chryselephantine
Gesso
16. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Aestetics
Butress
Carpet Page
Clerestory
17. Having to do with Charlamagne
Carolingian
Anamorphic Image
Maesta
Earth Art/Environmental Art
18. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Minimalism
Eucharist
Groin Vault
Baptistery
19. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Gesso
Grisaille
Dada
Maesta
20. Side posts of a doorway
Constructivism
Carpet Page
Altar Piece
Jamb
21. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Fresco
Modernism
Concrete
Fauvism
22. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Hard Edge Painting
Gouache
Momento Mori
Cella
23. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Capital
Cartoon
Canon
Baroque
24. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Metope
Kaaba
Abstract Expressionism
Constructivism
25. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Aisle
Femmage
Fauvism
Caduceus
26. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Horror Vaqui
Chryselephantine
Chiton
Capital
27. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Etching
Carolingian
Chi-Rho-Iota
Grisaille
28. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Baptistery
Gigantomachy
Impressionism
Dy Point
29. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Caryatid
Grisaille
Chimera
Fresco
30. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Cire Perdue
Fauvism
Hypostyle Hall
Addorsed
31. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Encaustic
Chi-Rho-Iota
Kachina Dolls
Byzantine
32. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
De Stijl
Apse
Impasto
Disegno
33. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
International Style
Daguerreotype
Art Brut
34. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Mandorla
Cella
Gouache
35. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Impressionism
Campanile
Mandorla
International Style
36. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Metope
Kachina Dolls
Etching
Archivolt
37. Concentric bands on arch of church
Momento Mori
De Stijl
Concrete
Archivolt
38. Composition made by combing various materials
Fresco
Collage
Femmage
Gouache
39. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
International Style
Disegno
Apse
Caryatid
40. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Chi-Rho-Iota
Aisle
Canon
Gesso
41. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Chi-Rho-Iota
Burin
Addorsed
Campanile
42. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Caryatid
Cire Perdue
Maesta
Dada
43. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Butress
Action Painting
Atrium
Cella
44. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Carpet Page
Minimalism
Carolingian
Jamb
45. Female figure used as structural column
Gesso
Caryatid
Abstract Expressionism
Aestetics
46. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Daguerreotype
Emblema
Aestetics
Art Deco
47. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Baldacchino
Apotheosis
Installation
48. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Conceptual Art
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Horror Vaqui
Clerestory
49. Rule applied to proportion
Art Brut
International Style
Canon
Campanile
50. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Modernism
Daguerreotype
Addorsed
Earth Art/Environmental Art