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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.






2. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.






3. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.






4. Associated with E.Catholic Church






5. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.






6. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces






7. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like






8. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






9. Female figure used as structural column






10. Central section of a mosaic






11. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters






12. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions






13. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.






14. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house






15. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature






16. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.






17. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base






18. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer






19. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass






20. Having to do with Charlamagne






21. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ






22. Bell tower separate from the main church building






23. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue






24. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.






25. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building






26. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.






27. Composition made by combing various materials






28. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure






29. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus






30. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art






31. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults






32. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.






33. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms






34. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.






35. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.






36. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot






37. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product






38. Painting on plaster






39. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd






40. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.






41. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.






42. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.






43. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers






44. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced






45. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures






46. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression






47. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt






48. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel






49. Concentric bands on arch of church






50. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms