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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Having to do with Charlamagne
Campanile
Chi-Rho-Iota
Carolingian
Apotheosis
2. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Apse
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Entasis
Modernism
3. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Chiaroscuro
Carpet Page
Chiton
Disegno
4. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Byzantine
Butress
Dy Point
International Style
5. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Chiaroscuro
Canon
Chiton
Femmage
6. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Acropolis
Addorsed
Gesso
Hard Edge Painting
7. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Minimalism
Mannerism
Groin Vault
Aestetics
8. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Gigantomachy
Baldacchino
Mandorla
Basilica
9. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Jamb
Kachina Dolls
Aestetics
Gouache
10. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Chiton
De Stijl
Baroque
Chiaroscuro
11. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Chiton
Apotheosis
Contraposto
Fresco
12. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Action Painting
Caduceus
Altar Piece
Mannerism
13. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Action Painting
Canon
Balustrade
Gesso
14. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Baldacchino
Mannerism
Cartoon
15. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Baroque
Cire Perdue
Grisaille
16. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Burin
Encaustic
Mannerism
Cartoon
17. Rule applied to proportion
Art Deco
Canon
Etching
Expressionism
18. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Gouache
Chiaroscuro
Gesso
19. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Installation
Cubism
Hiberno-Saxon
Expressionism
20. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Apse
Modernism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Atrium
21. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Fauvism
Burin
Mandorla
Byzantine
22. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Gesso
Altar Piece
Femmage
Caryatid
23. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Etching
Carpet Page
Byzantine
Kachina Dolls
24. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Baroque
Fauvism
Carolingian
Art Deco
25. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Impasto
Jamb
Concrete
26. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Art Deco
Gouache
Action Painting
Ambulatory
27. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cella
Mandorla
International Style
Grisaille
28. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Emblema
Butress
Contraposto
29. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Mannerism
Femmage
Atrium
Apotheosis
30. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Addorsed
Grisaille
Chiaroscuro
Entasis
31. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Fresco
Cella
Groin Vault
Basilica
32. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Chimera
Cartoon
Groin Vault
Cire Perdue
33. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Capital
Baldacchino
Disegno
Impasto
34. Central section of a mosaic
Femmage
Fauvism
Cella
Emblema
35. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Altar Piece
Groin Vault
Ambulatory
Expressionism
36. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Collage
Campanile
Maesta
Momento Mori
37. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Hiberno-Saxon
Balustrade
Art Brut
Cire Perdue
38. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Installation
Balustrade
Cire Perdue
Dy Point
39. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Archivolt
Mandorla
Hiberno-Saxon
Aisle
40. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Gouache
Caryatid
Dy Point
Abstract
41. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Futurism
Baldacchino
International Style
42. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Anamorphic Image
Minimalism
Hypostyle Hall
Jamb
43. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Expressionism
Burin
Gesso
Anamorphic Image
44. Mythological battles among greek heroes
International Style
Balustrade
Femmage
Gigantomachy
45. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Abstract Expressionism
Entasis
Expressionism
Kachina Dolls
46. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Aestetics
Daguerreotype
Dada
Hard Edge Painting
47. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Emblema
Cartoon
Baroque
Expressionism
48. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Groin Vault
Minimalism
Ambulatory
Eucharist
49. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Altar Piece
Eucharist
Dy Point
Metope
50. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Mandorla
Kachina Dolls
Earth Art/Environmental Art