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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Mannerism
Archivolt
Clerestory
Gigantomachy
2. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Impressionism
Aisle
Contraposto
Chi-Rho-Iota
3. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Metope
Aestetics
Carpet Page
Grisaille
4. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Horror Vaqui
Balustrade
International Style
Etching
5. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Fauvism
Gigantomachy
Chiaroscuro
6. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Aisle
Art Brut
Ambulatory
Byzantine
7. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Chi-Rho-Iota
Chiton
Art Brut
8. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Maesta
Gigantomachy
Baroque
Butress
9. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Baptistery
Altar Piece
Chiton
Metope
10. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Dada
Art Deco
Kaaba
11. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Baptistery
Action Painting
Futurism
Acropolis
12. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Eucharist
Carolingian
Capital
Acropolis
13. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Acropolis
Chryselephantine
Groin Vault
International Style
14. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Impasto
Ambulatory
Cubism
Kaaba
15. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Capital
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Art Deco
Maesta
16. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Eucharist
Conceptual Art
Hiberno-Saxon
Jamb
17. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Disegno
Futurism
Maesta
Mannerism
18. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Etching
Aisle
Art Brut
Metope
19. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Momento Mori
Mandorla
Metope
Chiaroscuro
20. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Constructivism
Futurism
Art Deco
21. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Balustrade
Etching
Expressionism
22. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Installation
Gigantomachy
Conceptual Art
Baptistery
23. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Carpet Page
Etching
Eucharist
24. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Dada
Dy Point
Modernism
25. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Baptistery
Contraposto
Balustrade
26. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Carolingian
Daguerreotype
Minimalism
De Stijl
27. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Gigantomachy
Hiberno-Saxon
Impasto
Earth Art/Environmental Art
28. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Mannerism
Art Brut
Abstract
De Stijl
29. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Dada
De Stijl
Constructivism
Apotheosis
30. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Art Brut
Cartoon
Abstract
Installation
31. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Dada
Chiton
Chi-Rho-Iota
Entasis
32. Having to do with Charlamagne
Carolingian
Groin Vault
Art Deco
Kachina Dolls
33. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Carpet Page
Aestetics
De Stijl
Conceptual Art
34. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Gesso
Art Deco
Butress
Momento Mori
35. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Mandorla
Chimera
Art Deco
Mannerism
36. Painting on plaster
Gesso
Fresco
Baldacchino
Art Nouveau
37. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Hypostyle Hall
Aestetics
Grisaille
Fresco
38. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Mandorla
Dada
Capital
Daguerreotype
39. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Modernism
Campanile
Dada
Impasto
40. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Cartoon
Hiberno-Saxon
Femmage
Clerestory
41. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Gesso
Chimera
Cire Perdue
Entasis
42. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Art Brut
Hypostyle Hall
Hard Edge Painting
Expressionism
43. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Burin
Basilica
Art Brut
Chryselephantine
44. Rule applied to proportion
Encaustic
Canon
Entasis
Conceptual Art
45. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Concrete
Hypostyle Hall
Baroque
Cella
46. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Kachina Dolls
Hiberno-Saxon
Carpet Page
Etching
47. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Capital
Anamorphic Image
Dy Point
Earth Art/Environmental Art
48. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Baroque
De Stijl
Horror Vaqui
Art Deco
49. Concentric bands on arch of church
Aestetics
Archivolt
Momento Mori
Art Brut
50. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Femmage
Constructivism
Emblema
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