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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.






2. Composition made by combing various materials






3. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate






4. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .






5. Central section of a mosaic






6. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.






7. Site for baptism but separate from a church






8. Bell tower separate from the main church building






9. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern






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






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






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






13. Side posts of a doorway






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






15. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence






16. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively






17. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling






18. Concentric bands on arch of church






19. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting






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






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






22. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery






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






24. Painting technique using pigments ground in water






25. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.






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






27. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.






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






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






30. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion






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






32. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism






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






34. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






35. Symbol of death -usually a skull






36. Rule applied to proportion






37. Having to do with Charlamagne






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






39. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume






40. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house






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






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






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






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






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






46. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ






47. Painting on plaster






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






49. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces






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