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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Futurism
Gigantomachy
Acropolis
Installation
2. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Mandorla
Baptistery
Hard Edge Painting
Dada
3. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Groin Vault
Dy Point
Clerestory
Caduceus
4. Painting on plaster
Canon
Fresco
Mannerism
Gigantomachy
5. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Carolingian
Apse
Chiaroscuro
Etching
6. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Ambulatory
Acropolis
Gesso
Baldacchino
7. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Chiaroscuro
Altar Piece
Aisle
Apse
8. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Baroque
Etching
Dada
9. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Gigantomachy
Kachina Dolls
Dy Point
10. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Byzantine
Chiaroscuro
Canon
Hiberno-Saxon
11. Composition made by combing various materials
Gesso
Mandorla
Impressionism
Collage
12. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Impressionism
Abstract Expressionism
Carolingian
Maesta
13. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Baptistery
Gigantomachy
Mannerism
14. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Entasis
Action Painting
Abstract
Canon
15. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Baptistery
Daguerreotype
Emblema
Basilica
16. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Femmage
De Stijl
Expressionism
Caryatid
17. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Dada
Carpet Page
Concrete
Futurism
18. Central section of a mosaic
Byzantine
Butress
Constructivism
Emblema
19. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Art Brut
Fauvism
Canon
Minimalism
20. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Momento Mori
Ambulatory
Capital
Burin
21. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Action Painting
Concrete
Kachina Dolls
22. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Balustrade
De Stijl
Burin
23. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Abstract
Chiton
Daguerreotype
24. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Abstract Expressionism
Fauvism
Femmage
Grisaille
25. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Altar Piece
Abstract
Minimalism
Caryatid
26. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Cire Perdue
Kaaba
Chiton
Addorsed
27. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Addorsed
Fresco
Ambulatory
28. The Italian word for a drawing
Abstract
Disegno
Canon
Cartoon
29. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Baroque
Entasis
Chryselephantine
Installation
30. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Archivolt
Baroque
Hypostyle Hall
Balustrade
31. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Basilica
Hard Edge Painting
Groin Vault
Action Painting
32. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Cire Perdue
Apse
Entasis
Action Painting
33. Rule applied to proportion
Canon
Butress
Modernism
Art Nouveau
34. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Apotheosis
Cartoon
Gesso
35. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Abstract Expressionism
Dada
Abstract
36. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Burin
Cartoon
Expressionism
International Style
37. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Impressionism
Addorsed
Encaustic
38. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Carolingian
Art Deco
Altar Piece
39. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Emblema
Cubism
Campanile
Earth Art/Environmental Art
40. Concentric bands on arch of church
Ambulatory
Installation
Byzantine
Archivolt
41. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Art Deco
Aisle
Encaustic
Horror Vaqui
42. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Modernism
Basilica
Archivolt
Jamb
43. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
International Style
Grisaille
Caryatid
Aisle
44. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Cella
Acropolis
Baroque
Emblema
45. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Modernism
Expressionism
Clerestory
Art Deco
46. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Chiaroscuro
Disegno
Jamb
47. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Baptistery
Expressionism
Gouache
Mandorla
48. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Etching
Apse
Atrium
49. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Caduceus
Fauvism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Capital
50. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Apse
Abstract
Entasis
Concrete
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