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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Apotheosis
Butress
Altar Piece
2. Central section of a mosaic
Chiton
Butress
Emblema
Impressionism
3. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Expressionism
Gesso
Abstract Expressionism
Byzantine
4. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Aisle
Baroque
Concrete
Clerestory
5. Side posts of a doorway
Mandorla
Jamb
Caduceus
Chi-Rho-Iota
6. Composition made by combing various materials
Hiberno-Saxon
Collage
Installation
Burin
7. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Action Painting
Art Brut
Etching
Cire Perdue
8. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Abstract Expressionism
Concrete
Etching
Futurism
9. Rule applied to proportion
Constructivism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Canon
Aisle
10. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Impasto
Archivolt
Groin Vault
Baldacchino
11. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Apotheosis
Etching
Collage
Kaaba
12. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Metope
Cella
Aestetics
13. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Daguerreotype
Cire Perdue
Chryselephantine
14. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Gesso
Encaustic
Aestetics
Minimalism
15. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Aisle
Aestetics
Byzantine
Anamorphic Image
16. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
De Stijl
Dy Point
Kachina Dolls
Jamb
17. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Action Painting
Chi-Rho-Iota
Kaaba
18. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Abstract
Art Deco
Ambulatory
Disegno
19. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Encaustic
Grisaille
International Style
Aisle
20. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Momento Mori
Carpet Page
Art Nouveau
Chryselephantine
21. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Horror Vaqui
Addorsed
Grisaille
Cella
22. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Eucharist
Abstract Expressionism
Kaaba
23. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Hypostyle Hall
Modernism
Grisaille
Collage
24. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Impasto
Fauvism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Impressionism
25. The Italian word for a drawing
Aestetics
Disegno
Baptistery
Canon
26. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Addorsed
Basilica
Carolingian
Conceptual Art
27. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Baroque
Balustrade
Dy Point
Cire Perdue
28. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Impasto
Carolingian
Hypostyle Hall
De Stijl
29. Having to do with Charlamagne
Contraposto
Carolingian
Balustrade
Campanile
30. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Gesso
Aestetics
Aisle
31. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Abstract Expressionism
Kaaba
Dada
Gesso
32. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Canon
Maesta
Chryselephantine
Cubism
33. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Abstract Expressionism
Atrium
Impasto
Modernism
34. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Addorsed
Chryselephantine
Disegno
35. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Collage
Gigantomachy
Cartoon
Horror Vaqui
36. Female figure used as structural column
Baroque
Caryatid
Anamorphic Image
Hiberno-Saxon
37. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
International Style
Mannerism
Carpet Page
Entasis
38. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Art Brut
Clerestory
Cubism
39. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Fauvism
Constructivism
Grisaille
Etching
40. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Cire Perdue
Byzantine
Installation
Chryselephantine
41. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Chi-Rho-Iota
Altar Piece
Entasis
Carolingian
42. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Altar Piece
Cubism
Etching
Daguerreotype
43. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Baldacchino
Encaustic
Mandorla
Dada
44. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Entasis
Balustrade
Clerestory
De Stijl
45. Painting on plaster
Anamorphic Image
Fresco
Archivolt
Constructivism
46. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Metope
Cire Perdue
Hiberno-Saxon
Chimera
47. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Constructivism
Campanile
Abstract Expressionism
Ambulatory
48. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Byzantine
Impressionism
Horror Vaqui
49. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Minimalism
Hard Edge Painting
Carolingian
Fauvism
50. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Baroque
Encaustic
Cubism
Femmage