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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Dada
Gouache
Futurism
Campanile
2. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Hypostyle Hall
Gesso
Installation
Eucharist
3. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Abstract
De Stijl
Acropolis
4. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Hypostyle Hall
Campanile
Jamb
5. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Encaustic
Canon
Byzantine
Art Nouveau
6. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Minimalism
Expressionism
Altar Piece
Gesso
7. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Altar Piece
Impasto
Action Painting
Kachina Dolls
8. Female figure used as structural column
Concrete
Caryatid
Balustrade
Horror Vaqui
9. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Chiaroscuro
Impressionism
Mannerism
Dy Point
10. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Minimalism
Daguerreotype
Encaustic
Expressionism
11. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Action Painting
Canon
Art Brut
12. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Futurism
Fauvism
Chryselephantine
Chiton
13. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Collage
Acropolis
Campanile
Art Brut
14. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Capital
Emblema
Encaustic
15. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Eucharist
Canon
Groin Vault
16. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Caduceus
Futurism
Caryatid
Kaaba
17. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Chryselephantine
Encaustic
Acropolis
18. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Mandorla
Hiberno-Saxon
Modernism
19. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Encaustic
Cella
Hiberno-Saxon
Maesta
20. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Impasto
Apotheosis
Art Deco
21. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Balustrade
Contraposto
Kachina Dolls
Caduceus
22. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cella
Jamb
Hard Edge Painting
Installation
23. Side posts of a doorway
Dy Point
Hypostyle Hall
Minimalism
Jamb
24. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Basilica
Disegno
Dy Point
Modernism
25. Having to do with Charlamagne
Aestetics
Archivolt
Carolingian
Hard Edge Painting
26. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Abstract
Atrium
Impressionism
Horror Vaqui
27. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Groin Vault
Aisle
Anamorphic Image
Baptistery
28. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Carpet Page
Aisle
Hiberno-Saxon
Chi-Rho-Iota
29. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Baldacchino
Ambulatory
De Stijl
Jamb
30. The Italian word for a drawing
Disegno
Carpet Page
Abstract Expressionism
Cartoon
31. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Aestetics
Atrium
Art Nouveau
Groin Vault
32. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Jamb
Entasis
Dada
Balustrade
33. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Eucharist
Installation
Carpet Page
34. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Maesta
Baldacchino
Burin
Carpet Page
35. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Maesta
Minimalism
Chimera
Cire Perdue
36. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Dy Point
Apse
Gouache
Archivolt
37. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Apotheosis
Clerestory
Etching
Baroque
38. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Gigantomachy
Grisaille
Disegno
39. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Eucharist
Cire Perdue
Mandorla
Capital
40. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Caduceus
Chimera
Byzantine
41. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Burin
Baldacchino
Addorsed
Abstract
42. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Art Nouveau
Chi-Rho-Iota
Maesta
Chimera
43. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Hiberno-Saxon
Archivolt
Baldacchino
Action Painting
44. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Minimalism
Chiaroscuro
Chiton
Action Painting
45. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Ambulatory
Cartoon
Eucharist
Clerestory
46. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Entasis
Butress
Aisle
Impressionism
47. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Clerestory
Gesso
Addorsed
Chiaroscuro
48. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Ambulatory
Butress
Daguerreotype
Carpet Page
49. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Balustrade
Dy Point
Mandorla
50. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Baroque
Canon
Clerestory
Disegno