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AP Art History Vocab
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1. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Apse
Carolingian
Mandorla
Conceptual Art
2. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Fresco
Maesta
Contraposto
Kachina Dolls
3. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Chiton
Clerestory
Expressionism
Dada
4. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Aisle
Baldacchino
Grisaille
International Style
5. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Disegno
Baptistery
Action Painting
Groin Vault
6. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Maesta
Archivolt
Gigantomachy
Altar Piece
7. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Cire Perdue
Aestetics
Encaustic
Chi-Rho-Iota
8. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Dy Point
Mandorla
Cubism
9. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Installation
Cubism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Art Brut
10. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Burin
Etching
Groin Vault
Art Deco
11. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Balustrade
International Style
Mandorla
12. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Aestetics
Emblema
Chimera
13. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Ambulatory
Atrium
Burin
Hypostyle Hall
14. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Impressionism
Jamb
Altar Piece
Cartoon
15. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Burin
Carpet Page
Aisle
Impressionism
16. Side posts of a doorway
Carolingian
Jamb
Chimera
Baptistery
17. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Gouache
Archivolt
Basilica
De Stijl
18. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Gouache
Impressionism
Art Brut
Capital
19. Concentric bands on arch of church
Metope
Carpet Page
Archivolt
Emblema
20. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Encaustic
Dy Point
Archivolt
Entasis
21. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Altar Piece
Disegno
Caduceus
Metope
22. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Daguerreotype
Gouache
Eucharist
Gigantomachy
23. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Kaaba
Addorsed
Chiaroscuro
Gouache
24. The Italian word for a drawing
Entasis
Disegno
Grisaille
Abstract
25. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Modernism
Basilica
Gesso
Femmage
26. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Hard Edge Painting
Momento Mori
Abstract
Contraposto
27. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Momento Mori
Impressionism
Horror Vaqui
Cubism
28. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Baptistery
Caduceus
Grisaille
Chimera
29. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Abstract
Emblema
Concrete
Contraposto
30. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Campanile
Horror Vaqui
Archivolt
Clerestory
31. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Clerestory
Chiaroscuro
Concrete
Art Deco
32. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Chiton
Cartoon
Butress
Mandorla
33. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Altar Piece
Contraposto
Acropolis
Earth Art/Environmental Art
34. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Cartoon
Butress
Apse
Mannerism
35. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Gesso
Anamorphic Image
Jamb
Kaaba
36. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Contraposto
Art Nouveau
Archivolt
37. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Etching
Dada
Impasto
Contraposto
38. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Fauvism
Abstract
Maesta
Earth Art/Environmental Art
39. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Disegno
Art Brut
Mannerism
Anamorphic Image
40. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Hiberno-Saxon
Campanile
Apotheosis
Eucharist
41. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Grisaille
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Acropolis
Caryatid
42. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Action Painting
Chryselephantine
Carolingian
Conceptual Art
43. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Fauvism
Ambulatory
Baldacchino
Disegno
44. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Expressionism
Anamorphic Image
Grisaille
45. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Femmage
Apse
Modernism
Art Deco
46. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Atrium
Femmage
Groin Vault
Anamorphic Image
47. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Cella
Byzantine
Encaustic
Kaaba
48. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Groin Vault
Grisaille
Jamb
Baroque
49. Having to do with Charlamagne
Carolingian
De Stijl
Daguerreotype
Minimalism
50. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Addorsed
Chiton
Impasto
Minimalism