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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Hard Edge Painting
Hypostyle Hall
Mandorla
2. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Dada
Archivolt
International Style
Cubism
3. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Anamorphic Image
Expressionism
Mandorla
Byzantine
4. Concentric bands on arch of church
Action Painting
Expressionism
Archivolt
Carolingian
5. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Dy Point
Gouache
Dada
Aisle
6. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Abstract Expressionism
Hypostyle Hall
Dy Point
Abstract
7. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Aisle
Metope
Campanile
Contraposto
8. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Emblema
Dada
Addorsed
9. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Chi-Rho-Iota
Art Brut
Grisaille
Carolingian
10. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Groin Vault
Abstract Expressionism
Momento Mori
Kachina Dolls
11. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
International Style
Chryselephantine
Cartoon
Apotheosis
12. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Femmage
Gesso
Hard Edge Painting
13. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Cubism
Etching
Hypostyle Hall
14. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Baldacchino
Mandorla
Abstract
Art Brut
15. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Chryselephantine
Grisaille
Minimalism
Impasto
16. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Eucharist
Art Brut
Caduceus
De Stijl
17. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Addorsed
Contraposto
Eucharist
Carpet Page
18. Having to do with Charlamagne
Momento Mori
Carolingian
Apotheosis
Baroque
19. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Femmage
Ambulatory
Clerestory
Entasis
20. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Gesso
Hypostyle Hall
Futurism
Collage
21. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
International Style
Addorsed
Acropolis
Burin
22. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Dada
Dy Point
Gigantomachy
Baptistery
23. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Carpet Page
Art Nouveau
Eucharist
Altar Piece
24. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Impressionism
Encaustic
Kachina Dolls
Gesso
25. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Byzantine
Aestetics
Clerestory
Encaustic
26. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Carpet Page
Basilica
Hard Edge Painting
Fauvism
27. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Femmage
Acropolis
Eucharist
Expressionism
28. Female figure used as structural column
Dada
Gouache
Disegno
Caryatid
29. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Grisaille
Altar Piece
International Style
Baroque
30. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Dy Point
Horror Vaqui
Chi-Rho-Iota
Balustrade
31. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Addorsed
Encaustic
Aestetics
32. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
International Style
Kaaba
Caduceus
Cire Perdue
33. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Gigantomachy
Metope
Capital
Conceptual Art
34. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Chiaroscuro
Fauvism
Byzantine
Basilica
35. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Collage
Burin
Installation
Carolingian
36. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Conceptual Art
Chiton
Kaaba
Eucharist
37. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Encaustic
Daguerreotype
Dy Point
Horror Vaqui
38. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Balustrade
Conceptual Art
Gesso
Cubism
39. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Archivolt
Burin
Entasis
Collage
40. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Art Deco
Art Brut
Aisle
41. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Maesta
Etching
Expressionism
Anamorphic Image
42. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Kaaba
Carolingian
Mannerism
43. The Italian word for a drawing
Fauvism
Disegno
Apotheosis
Burin
44. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Concrete
Butress
Emblema
Altar Piece
45. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Ambulatory
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Balustrade
Art Nouveau
46. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Altar Piece
Entasis
Jamb
Action Painting
47. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Dy Point
Momento Mori
Futurism
48. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Minimalism
Etching
Chimera
Daguerreotype
49. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Chiton
Futurism
Cella
Kaaba
50. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Dy Point
Chiaroscuro
International Style
Apotheosis