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AP Art History Vocab
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1. The Italian word for a drawing
Disegno
Modernism
Grisaille
Campanile
2. Painting on plaster
Encaustic
Fresco
Grisaille
Apse
3. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Abstract
Constructivism
Carpet Page
Earth Art/Environmental Art
4. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Apotheosis
Expressionism
Fresco
Balustrade
5. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Baptistery
Conceptual Art
Addorsed
Cella
6. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Hiberno-Saxon
Dada
Caduceus
7. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Expressionism
Caryatid
Concrete
8. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Chryselephantine
International Style
Ambulatory
Chiton
9. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Eucharist
Dada
Contraposto
Hard Edge Painting
10. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Apse
Acropolis
Anamorphic Image
Abstract Expressionism
11. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Hard Edge Painting
Baldacchino
Femmage
Concrete
12. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Gouache
Mandorla
Encaustic
Metope
13. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Chiaroscuro
Fauvism
Clerestory
Minimalism
14. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Concrete
Caduceus
Butress
Grisaille
15. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Basilica
Metope
Horror Vaqui
Cartoon
16. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Gesso
Baldacchino
Dada
Archivolt
17. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Campanile
Acropolis
Baldacchino
Chiton
18. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Installation
Modernism
Apotheosis
Mannerism
19. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Contraposto
Minimalism
Emblema
Carolingian
20. Composition made by combing various materials
Hypostyle Hall
Collage
Contraposto
Apse
21. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Mannerism
Kachina Dolls
Caduceus
Fauvism
22. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Action Painting
Dada
Metope
Apse
23. Having to do with Charlamagne
Byzantine
Mandorla
Art Nouveau
Carolingian
24. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Emblema
Mandorla
Groin Vault
Impasto
25. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Capital
Carolingian
Chiaroscuro
Baroque
26. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Dy Point
Daguerreotype
Art Nouveau
Hypostyle Hall
27. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Burin
Capital
Fauvism
Femmage
28. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Clerestory
Abstract Expressionism
Gigantomachy
Conceptual Art
29. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Daguerreotype
Kachina Dolls
Acropolis
Anamorphic Image
30. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Mannerism
Carolingian
Abstract
Chiaroscuro
31. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Chi-Rho-Iota
De Stijl
Fresco
32. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Addorsed
Femmage
Maesta
Encaustic
33. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Hiberno-Saxon
Baroque
Impressionism
Kaaba
34. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Installation
Basilica
Cella
Altar Piece
35. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Aestetics
Mandorla
Action Painting
Disegno
36. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Chiaroscuro
Action Painting
Abstract Expressionism
37. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Concrete
Addorsed
Art Deco
Carolingian
38. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Carpet Page
Apse
Altar Piece
Acropolis
39. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Futurism
Abstract Expressionism
Groin Vault
40. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Hypostyle Hall
Acropolis
Kachina Dolls
Emblema
41. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Anamorphic Image
Jamb
Disegno
Basilica
42. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Metope
Contraposto
Cella
Altar Piece
43. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Horror Vaqui
Abstract
Collage
Baptistery
44. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Abstract Expressionism
Atrium
Metope
45. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Gouache
Femmage
Momento Mori
Gigantomachy
46. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Capital
Entasis
Action Painting
Kaaba
47. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Kaaba
Aestetics
Groin Vault
48. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Addorsed
Canon
Caduceus
Ambulatory
49. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Art Deco
Installation
Chimera
Aestetics
50. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Carolingian
Campanile
Baldacchino
Hiberno-Saxon