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AP Art History Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Art Deco
Aisle
Conceptual Art
Kachina Dolls
2. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Campanile
Expressionism
Disegno
Dy Point
3. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Mannerism
Altar Piece
Cubism
International Style
4. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Altar Piece
Carpet Page
Ambulatory
Clerestory
5. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Canon
Gesso
Gouache
Fresco
6. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Baptistery
Constructivism
Apse
Metope
7. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Art Brut
Caryatid
Kaaba
Chryselephantine
8. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Byzantine
Cartoon
Caryatid
Archivolt
9. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Kachina Dolls
Campanile
Kaaba
Installation
10. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Momento Mori
Cire Perdue
Maesta
Burin
11. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Baptistery
Chimera
Hard Edge Painting
Capital
12. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Baldacchino
Hard Edge Painting
Hiberno-Saxon
Chiton
13. Female figure used as structural column
Horror Vaqui
Gigantomachy
Atrium
Caryatid
14. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Anamorphic Image
Gesso
Burin
Canon
15. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Cella
Dada
Cire Perdue
Chi-Rho-Iota
16. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Caryatid
Impasto
Caduceus
Butress
17. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Contraposto
Momento Mori
Cubism
Balustrade
18. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Gouache
Femmage
Acropolis
Momento Mori
19. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Metope
Mandorla
Dada
Campanile
20. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Metope
Campanile
Conceptual Art
De Stijl
21. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Grisaille
Disegno
Horror Vaqui
Dy Point
22. Central section of a mosaic
Anamorphic Image
Archivolt
Emblema
Acropolis
23. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Caduceus
Chimera
Aisle
Collage
24. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Concrete
Horror Vaqui
Altar Piece
Mannerism
25. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Hypostyle Hall
Clerestory
Gesso
Hard Edge Painting
26. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Conceptual Art
Hypostyle Hall
Balustrade
Impressionism
27. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Impressionism
Carolingian
Clerestory
Gouache
28. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Impressionism
Chryselephantine
Kaaba
Contraposto
29. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Eucharist
Addorsed
Cire Perdue
Hypostyle Hall
30. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Byzantine
Mannerism
Canon
Gouache
31. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Apotheosis
De Stijl
Apse
Futurism
32. Rule applied to proportion
Cella
Expressionism
Baldacchino
Canon
33. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Expressionism
Horror Vaqui
Acropolis
34. Concentric bands on arch of church
Baldacchino
Kachina Dolls
Archivolt
Butress
35. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Chimera
Kachina Dolls
Mannerism
Anamorphic Image
36. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Etching
Conceptual Art
Fauvism
Dy Point
37. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Minimalism
Momento Mori
Conceptual Art
Butress
38. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Femmage
Metope
Collage
Momento Mori
39. Side posts of a doorway
Fresco
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Jamb
Mandorla
40. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Hiberno-Saxon
Canon
Apotheosis
41. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Impressionism
Constructivism
Chiaroscuro
Gesso
42. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Daguerreotype
Art Brut
Cartoon
Anamorphic Image
43. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Constructivism
Jamb
Clerestory
Aestetics
44. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Caryatid
Byzantine
Chryselephantine
Contraposto
45. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Capital
Altar Piece
Eucharist
Chiton
46. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Apotheosis
Altar Piece
Clerestory
Dada
47. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Carpet Page
Hypostyle Hall
Apse
Conceptual Art
48. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Campanile
Femmage
Baldacchino
Gouache
49. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Acropolis
Art Deco
Concrete
Constructivism
50. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Art Deco
Disegno
Cartoon