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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Aestetics
Mannerism
Chiaroscuro
Balustrade
2. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Kaaba
De Stijl
Constructivism
Encaustic
3. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Dy Point
Installation
Femmage
4. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Canon
Modernism
Art Deco
Kachina Dolls
5. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Kachina Dolls
Gouache
Mandorla
Acropolis
6. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Art Deco
Mandorla
Gesso
Apotheosis
7. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Impasto
Dy Point
Conceptual Art
International Style
8. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Momento Mori
Art Deco
Ambulatory
Mandorla
9. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
International Style
Anamorphic Image
Cubism
10. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Constructivism
Altar Piece
Hard Edge Painting
Impressionism
11. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Fresco
Basilica
Altar Piece
Cire Perdue
12. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Horror Vaqui
Constructivism
Carpet Page
Mannerism
13. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Anamorphic Image
Chi-Rho-Iota
Impasto
Encaustic
14. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Carpet Page
Horror Vaqui
Gigantomachy
Basilica
15. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Chiton
Aisle
Baptistery
Impressionism
16. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Chiaroscuro
De Stijl
Futurism
Expressionism
17. Side posts of a doorway
Jamb
Chryselephantine
Capital
Balustrade
18. Having to do with Charlamagne
Art Brut
Horror Vaqui
Aisle
Carolingian
19. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Aestetics
Entasis
Baldacchino
20. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Metope
Abstract Expressionism
Conceptual Art
Contraposto
21. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Cartoon
Capital
Collage
22. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Atrium
Butress
Chiaroscuro
Modernism
23. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Abstract
Baroque
Collage
24. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Archivolt
Metope
Impressionism
25. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Minimalism
Art Brut
Fresco
Groin Vault
26. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Cire Perdue
Burin
International Style
Carpet Page
27. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Cire Perdue
Hypostyle Hall
Minimalism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
28. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Gouache
Archivolt
Anamorphic Image
Hypostyle Hall
29. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Modernism
Altar Piece
Baroque
Campanile
30. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Ambulatory
Gouache
Apse
31. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Art Brut
Basilica
Kaaba
Cire Perdue
32. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Carolingian
Capital
Apse
Gouache
33. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Chryselephantine
Apse
Art Brut
Apotheosis
34. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Baroque
Caryatid
Hiberno-Saxon
Chiaroscuro
35. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Momento Mori
Kaaba
Art Brut
Minimalism
36. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Futurism
Carpet Page
Cire Perdue
Chi-Rho-Iota
37. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Minimalism
Baptistery
Gouache
Daguerreotype
38. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Minimalism
Momento Mori
Fresco
Dy Point
39. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Apotheosis
Abstract Expressionism
Balustrade
Femmage
40. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Aestetics
Concrete
Basilica
Jamb
41. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Gesso
Cubism
Eucharist
42. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
De Stijl
Anamorphic Image
Entasis
Etching
43. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Ambulatory
Chryselephantine
Caduceus
Burin
44. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Baroque
Gouache
Contraposto
Cire Perdue
45. Concentric bands on arch of church
Byzantine
Carolingian
Chiaroscuro
Archivolt
46. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Gigantomachy
Dada
Gesso
Kaaba
47. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Clerestory
Hypostyle Hall
Groin Vault
Mannerism
48. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Chiton
Mannerism
Futurism
Expressionism
49. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Butress
Etching
Disegno
Abstract
50. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Clerestory
Canon
Caduceus
Cubism