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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Rule applied to proportion
Canon
Kachina Dolls
Altar Piece
Abstract
2. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Jamb
Altar Piece
Burin
Fresco
3. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Chiton
Contraposto
Maesta
Caduceus
4. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Gouache
Conceptual Art
De Stijl
Chiton
5. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Mannerism
Chryselephantine
De Stijl
Concrete
6. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Fauvism
Maesta
Contraposto
Caduceus
7. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Acropolis
Eucharist
Horror Vaqui
Expressionism
8. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Anamorphic Image
Hypostyle Hall
Dy Point
Etching
9. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Butress
Chiaroscuro
Carpet Page
Dy Point
10. Side posts of a doorway
Minimalism
Metope
Jamb
Dada
11. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Ambulatory
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Futurism
Kachina Dolls
12. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Installation
Balustrade
Abstract
International Style
13. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Groin Vault
Hypostyle Hall
Carpet Page
Horror Vaqui
14. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Concrete
Mannerism
Impressionism
Expressionism
15. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Constructivism
Kaaba
Daguerreotype
Chiton
16. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Action Painting
Aestetics
Disegno
Byzantine
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.
De Stijl
International Style
Basilica
Abstract
18. Having to do with Charlamagne
Eucharist
Acropolis
Carolingian
Balustrade
19. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Baldacchino
International Style
Kaaba
20. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Chiaroscuro
Chi-Rho-Iota
Conceptual Art
Carolingian
21. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Horror Vaqui
Concrete
Contraposto
Installation
22. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
International Style
Acropolis
Atrium
Groin Vault
23. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Clerestory
Baldacchino
Basilica
Cubism
24. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Chryselephantine
Kaaba
Butress
Apse
25. Concentric bands on arch of church
Momento Mori
Horror Vaqui
Hypostyle Hall
Archivolt
26. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Etching
Minimalism
Cella
Atrium
27. Female figure used as structural column
Atrium
Art Deco
Caryatid
Metope
28. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Action Painting
Altar Piece
Hard Edge Painting
Chryselephantine
29. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Impressionism
De Stijl
Conceptual Art
Entasis
30. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Kaaba
Horror Vaqui
Aisle
Dy Point
31. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cella
Baptistery
Carpet Page
Art Deco
32. Central section of a mosaic
Mandorla
Constructivism
Emblema
Burin
33. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Impasto
Momento Mori
Atrium
Jamb
34. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Apotheosis
Etching
Disegno
Collage
35. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Kachina Dolls
Abstract Expressionism
Altar Piece
Caryatid
36. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Art Brut
Caryatid
Baroque
Concrete
37. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Addorsed
De Stijl
Chryselephantine
Entasis
38. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Chimera
Gesso
Fauvism
International Style
39. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Maesta
Addorsed
Installation
Cire Perdue
40. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Caryatid
Art Nouveau
Impasto
Balustrade
41. Painting on plaster
Aisle
Caduceus
Fresco
Femmage
42. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Caduceus
Mandorla
Futurism
Groin Vault
43. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Minimalism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Clerestory
Campanile
44. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Chimera
Daguerreotype
Installation
Groin Vault
45. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Cubism
Encaustic
Ambulatory
Hard Edge Painting
46. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Caduceus
Anamorphic Image
Clerestory
Action Painting
47. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Capital
Modernism
Expressionism
Butress
48. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Baptistery
Chimera
Hiberno-Saxon
Minimalism
49. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Kaaba
Chi-Rho-Iota
Eucharist
Grisaille
50. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Abstract Expressionism
Cubism
Carpet Page
Apotheosis