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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Carpet Page
Burin
Gigantomachy
Carolingian
2. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Baldacchino
Gouache
Dada
Burin
3. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Collage
Horror Vaqui
Impasto
4. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Chryselephantine
Apotheosis
Gesso
Apse
5. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Chiton
Impasto
Minimalism
Grisaille
6. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Butress
Hard Edge Painting
Clerestory
Baldacchino
7. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Cubism
Action Painting
Cartoon
Momento Mori
8. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
International Style
Chimera
Caduceus
Chiton
9. Painting on plaster
Fresco
Altar Piece
Caduceus
Collage
10. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Horror Vaqui
Art Brut
Eucharist
Concrete
11. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Impasto
Byzantine
Groin Vault
Campanile
12. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Grisaille
Kachina Dolls
Minimalism
Contraposto
13. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Anamorphic Image
Caduceus
Baroque
Acropolis
14. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Chimera
Carpet Page
Art Brut
Aestetics
15. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Expressionism
Mandorla
Capital
16. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Caduceus
Gigantomachy
Chryselephantine
Maesta
17. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Futurism
Apse
Altar Piece
Cire Perdue
18. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Minimalism
Contraposto
Mandorla
Byzantine
19. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Kaaba
Eucharist
Groin Vault
Impasto
20. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Fauvism
Daguerreotype
Impasto
Cire Perdue
21. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Chiaroscuro
Metope
Fauvism
Anamorphic Image
22. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Chiaroscuro
Carolingian
Horror Vaqui
23. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Disegno
Art Nouveau
Archivolt
Chi-Rho-Iota
24. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Eucharist
Conceptual Art
De Stijl
Kaaba
25. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Femmage
Chiaroscuro
Kachina Dolls
Minimalism
26. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Cire Perdue
Fresco
Dy Point
Grisaille
27. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Abstract Expressionism
Collage
Baptistery
28. Composition made by combing various materials
Fresco
Collage
Kachina Dolls
Mandorla
29. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Entasis
Hard Edge Painting
Butress
Chryselephantine
30. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Cubism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Baroque
Minimalism
31. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Caduceus
Baptistery
Cire Perdue
32. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Femmage
Conceptual Art
Modernism
Expressionism
33. Having to do with Charlamagne
Anamorphic Image
Caryatid
Femmage
Carolingian
34. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Chimera
Gigantomachy
Conceptual Art
Emblema
35. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Chimera
Expressionism
Archivolt
De Stijl
36. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Metope
Caduceus
Impasto
Campanile
37. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Concrete
Hard Edge Painting
Grisaille
Chiaroscuro
38. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Dada
Collage
Entasis
39. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Daguerreotype
Maesta
Metope
Minimalism
40. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Basilica
International Style
Horror Vaqui
41. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Daguerreotype
Kachina Dolls
Hard Edge Painting
42. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Chiaroscuro
Baroque
Burin
Cubism
43. The Italian word for a drawing
Grisaille
Eucharist
Disegno
Gouache
44. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Cartoon
Atrium
Femmage
Metope
45. Central section of a mosaic
Modernism
Emblema
Momento Mori
Hypostyle Hall
46. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Abstract Expressionism
Gesso
Daguerreotype
Maesta
47. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Altar Piece
Hiberno-Saxon
Campanile
48. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Grisaille
Dada
Hard Edge Painting
49. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Art Deco
Action Painting
Balustrade
Abstract Expressionism
50. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Installation
Dy Point
Altar Piece
Aisle