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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Burin
Addorsed
Chiton
Cartoon
2. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Baptistery
Modernism
Hiberno-Saxon
Anamorphic Image
3. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Hard Edge Painting
Butress
Expressionism
Abstract
4. Central section of a mosaic
Expressionism
Emblema
Contraposto
Cubism
5. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Mannerism
Cella
Constructivism
Contraposto
6. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Archivolt
Dada
Anamorphic Image
7. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Kaaba
Chi-Rho-Iota
Campanile
Constructivism
8. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Acropolis
Conceptual Art
Dada
9. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Chimera
Anamorphic Image
Futurism
Encaustic
10. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Clerestory
Cartoon
Art Nouveau
Hiberno-Saxon
11. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Clerestory
Expressionism
Art Deco
Atrium
12. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Metope
Hypostyle Hall
Kachina Dolls
Chryselephantine
13. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Acropolis
Caduceus
Futurism
Daguerreotype
14. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Grisaille
Futurism
Horror Vaqui
Baptistery
15. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Altar Piece
Constructivism
Gigantomachy
Baptistery
16. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Art Deco
Concrete
Futurism
17. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Dada
Disegno
Action Painting
Chi-Rho-Iota
18. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Archivolt
De Stijl
Hard Edge Painting
Art Brut
19. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Modernism
Gouache
Encaustic
Mannerism
20. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Conceptual Art
Abstract
Basilica
Carpet Page
21. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Apse
Metope
Chimera
Art Nouveau
22. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Baroque
Concrete
Cire Perdue
Maesta
23. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Chiaroscuro
Apse
Hard Edge Painting
Earth Art/Environmental Art
24. Having to do with Charlamagne
Archivolt
Carolingian
Cire Perdue
Chryselephantine
25. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Campanile
Conceptual Art
Balustrade
Impasto
26. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Entasis
Baldacchino
Impressionism
Butress
27. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Caduceus
Butress
Futurism
Chryselephantine
28. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Burin
Encaustic
Aestetics
Dada
29. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Horror Vaqui
Concrete
Cella
Expressionism
30. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Mannerism
Gouache
Conceptual Art
Horror Vaqui
31. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impressionism
Disegno
Balustrade
Impasto
32. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Caduceus
Hard Edge Painting
Eucharist
Atrium
33. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Constructivism
Daguerreotype
Addorsed
34. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Kaaba
Daguerreotype
Groin Vault
Conceptual Art
35. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Impressionism
Cubism
Art Deco
36. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Balustrade
Acropolis
Mandorla
Gouache
37. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Hypostyle Hall
Modernism
Byzantine
Aisle
38. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Burin
Contraposto
Fauvism
39. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Campanile
International Style
Collage
Anamorphic Image
40. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Burin
Balustrade
Clerestory
41. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Art Brut
Cubism
Momento Mori
Hard Edge Painting
42. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Altar Piece
Caduceus
Butress
Baptistery
43. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Baroque
Atrium
Concrete
44. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Constructivism
Campanile
Mandorla
Chiton
45. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Aisle
Etching
Caryatid
Chryselephantine
46. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Cire Perdue
Hard Edge Painting
Gesso
Cella
47. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Apotheosis
Chiton
Kaaba
Abstract
48. The Italian word for a drawing
Chimera
Kaaba
Disegno
Baroque
49. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Conceptual Art
Minimalism
De Stijl
Collage
50. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Emblema
Archivolt
Cella
Maesta