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AP Art History Vocab
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1. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Hard Edge Painting
Hypostyle Hall
Altar Piece
Maesta
2. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Maesta
Momento Mori
Aisle
Hiberno-Saxon
3. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
International Style
Acropolis
Jamb
Baptistery
4. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Chiaroscuro
Carpet Page
Butress
Conceptual Art
5. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Hypostyle Hall
Chiton
Butress
6. The Italian word for a drawing
Hard Edge Painting
Art Nouveau
Balustrade
Disegno
7. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Cartoon
Jamb
Baroque
Apse
8. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Aisle
Baldacchino
Dada
Kaaba
9. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Carpet Page
Cire Perdue
Concrete
Chimera
10. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Daguerreotype
Baroque
Futurism
Chryselephantine
11. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Abstract
International Style
Etching
Chryselephantine
12. Painting on plaster
Metope
Fresco
Abstract
Apotheosis
13. Composition made by combing various materials
Gigantomachy
Apotheosis
Collage
Action Painting
14. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Clerestory
Cartoon
Collage
15. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Chiton
Apse
Chryselephantine
Contraposto
16. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Contraposto
Mannerism
Chimera
Canon
17. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Emblema
Anamorphic Image
Chiaroscuro
Jamb
18. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Chi-Rho-Iota
Ambulatory
Eucharist
Archivolt
19. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Chimera
Aisle
Metope
Kaaba
20. Side posts of a doorway
Maesta
Modernism
Cubism
Jamb
21. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Atrium
Cire Perdue
Impressionism
Installation
22. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Action Painting
Futurism
Caduceus
Minimalism
23. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Caduceus
Chiaroscuro
Basilica
Collage
24. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Mandorla
Gouache
Etching
Abstract Expressionism
25. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Ambulatory
Installation
De Stijl
Gigantomachy
26. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Balustrade
Cire Perdue
Chiaroscuro
Cartoon
27. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Gesso
Chiaroscuro
Dada
Constructivism
28. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Emblema
Fresco
Kaaba
Apse
29. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Anamorphic Image
Fresco
Abstract Expressionism
Femmage
30. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Eucharist
Gigantomachy
Campanile
Anamorphic Image
31. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Apotheosis
Daguerreotype
Dada
Art Deco
32. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Art Nouveau
Kachina Dolls
Action Painting
Byzantine
33. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Ambulatory
Expressionism
Aestetics
34. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Basilica
Momento Mori
Cella
Horror Vaqui
35. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Acropolis
Entasis
Art Nouveau
Baptistery
36. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Cartoon
Metope
Earth Art/Environmental Art
International Style
37. Concentric bands on arch of church
Archivolt
Hypostyle Hall
Apse
Gesso
38. Female figure used as structural column
Carolingian
Cubism
Caryatid
Fauvism
39. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Capital
Hard Edge Painting
Atrium
Gesso
40. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Chi-Rho-Iota
Addorsed
Kachina Dolls
41. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Basilica
Art Nouveau
Fauvism
Atrium
42. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Eucharist
Conceptual Art
Abstract Expressionism
Expressionism
43. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Contraposto
Futurism
Minimalism
Art Brut
44. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Altar Piece
Constructivism
Art Deco
Maesta
45. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Butress
Impasto
International Style
Chiton
46. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Minimalism
Cire Perdue
Caduceus
Dada
47. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Chiton
Campanile
Apotheosis
Chiaroscuro
48. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Campanile
Concrete
De Stijl
Cella
49. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Grisaille
Kaaba
Acropolis
Gesso
50. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Futurism
Mannerism
Baldacchino
Momento Mori
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