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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Butress
Canon
Action Painting
2. Painting on plaster
Fresco
Basilica
Dy Point
Chryselephantine
3. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Cella
Chiton
Expressionism
Burin
4. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Impasto
Chiaroscuro
Momento Mori
Dada
5. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Ambulatory
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Atrium
Constructivism
6. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Clerestory
Aisle
Art Nouveau
Grisaille
7. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Cubism
Apse
Fauvism
Hypostyle Hall
8. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Metope
Balustrade
Horror Vaqui
Gigantomachy
9. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Baptistery
Constructivism
Gigantomachy
Altar Piece
10. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Concrete
Mannerism
Apotheosis
De Stijl
11. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Chi-Rho-Iota
Apse
Mandorla
Installation
12. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Burin
Carpet Page
Aisle
Metope
13. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Collage
Gesso
Chiaroscuro
Groin Vault
14. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baptistery
Chiton
International Style
Baldacchino
15. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Butress
Basilica
Modernism
Dy Point
16. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Collage
Kachina Dolls
Cella
Burin
17. Composition made by combing various materials
Impressionism
Apotheosis
Grisaille
Collage
18. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Disegno
Chryselephantine
Impressionism
19. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Art Deco
De Stijl
Atrium
Modernism
20. Concentric bands on arch of church
Canon
Chiaroscuro
Archivolt
Installation
21. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Butress
Carpet Page
Chimera
Installation
22. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Fauvism
Daguerreotype
Aestetics
Femmage
23. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Modernism
Impressionism
Action Painting
Abstract
24. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Atrium
Femmage
Hypostyle Hall
Caduceus
25. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Abstract Expressionism
Art Brut
Kaaba
Atrium
26. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cella
Basilica
Aisle
Groin Vault
27. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Emblema
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Horror Vaqui
Mandorla
28. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Contraposto
Abstract Expressionism
Clerestory
Maesta
29. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Dada
Chimera
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
30. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Grisaille
Capital
Etching
Hiberno-Saxon
31. Side posts of a doorway
Cella
Jamb
De Stijl
Installation
32. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Encaustic
Grisaille
Chryselephantine
Action Painting
33. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Mandorla
Abstract
Installation
Modernism
34. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Action Painting
Kachina Dolls
Eucharist
Conceptual Art
35. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Baptistery
Baldacchino
Futurism
De Stijl
36. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Gigantomachy
Momento Mori
Kachina Dolls
Cartoon
37. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Minimalism
Horror Vaqui
Carpet Page
Entasis
38. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Altar Piece
Encaustic
Aisle
Metope
39. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Chimera
Acropolis
Minimalism
Groin Vault
40. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Basilica
Hard Edge Painting
Chimera
Acropolis
41. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Contraposto
Dy Point
Action Painting
42. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Balustrade
Carolingian
International Style
43. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Canon
Concrete
Chimera
Clerestory
44. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Expressionism
Entasis
Contraposto
Ambulatory
45. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Groin Vault
Eucharist
Capital
Baptistery
46. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Campanile
Gigantomachy
Art Deco
Cartoon
47. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Dy Point
Fauvism
Dada
International Style
48. Rule applied to proportion
Butress
Canon
Hypostyle Hall
Mandorla
49. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Canon
Cire Perdue
Altar Piece
Gouache
50. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Metope
Cire Perdue
Maesta
Abstract Expressionism