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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Carpet Page
Installation
Emblema
2. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Grisaille
Kaaba
Dy Point
Hypostyle Hall
3. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Carolingian
Aisle
Minimalism
Impasto
4. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Balustrade
Jamb
Futurism
Chi-Rho-Iota
5. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Caduceus
International Style
Altar Piece
Disegno
6. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Daguerreotype
Collage
Abstract
Jamb
7. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Horror Vaqui
Modernism
Gouache
Kaaba
8. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Expressionism
Mandorla
Horror Vaqui
Mannerism
9. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Action Painting
Archivolt
Capital
Addorsed
10. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Baroque
Metope
Archivolt
Ambulatory
11. Central section of a mosaic
Apse
Emblema
Femmage
Futurism
12. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Cartoon
Art Brut
Jamb
Chiton
13. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Concrete
Art Brut
Butress
Daguerreotype
14. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Canon
Butress
Dada
Art Nouveau
15. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Encaustic
Groin Vault
Basilica
Eucharist
16. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Expressionism
Art Brut
Archivolt
Baroque
17. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Daguerreotype
Expressionism
Art Brut
Conceptual Art
18. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Chimera
Anamorphic Image
Etching
Femmage
19. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Fauvism
Installation
Femmage
Byzantine
20. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Aisle
Hard Edge Painting
Expressionism
21. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Cubism
Constructivism
Grisaille
Carolingian
22. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Groin Vault
Cartoon
Concrete
Carpet Page
23. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Byzantine
Apse
Ambulatory
Aisle
24. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Installation
Art Deco
Gigantomachy
Jamb
25. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Butress
Aestetics
Apse
26. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Fauvism
Art Brut
Hypostyle Hall
Earth Art/Environmental Art
27. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Caryatid
Apse
Art Nouveau
Momento Mori
28. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Capital
De Stijl
International Style
Conceptual Art
29. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Ambulatory
Acropolis
De Stijl
Fauvism
30. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Cire Perdue
Art Deco
Fresco
Capital
31. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Contraposto
Constructivism
Kachina Dolls
Action Painting
32. Side posts of a doorway
Kachina Dolls
Etching
Jamb
Daguerreotype
33. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Capital
Mannerism
Hypostyle Hall
Concrete
34. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Apotheosis
Futurism
Chiaroscuro
Art Nouveau
35. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Caryatid
Clerestory
Conceptual Art
36. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Maesta
Burin
Apotheosis
Fauvism
37. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Contraposto
Entasis
Gigantomachy
Canon
38. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Horror Vaqui
Caryatid
Jamb
Chiton
39. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Dada
Campanile
Hiberno-Saxon
Gouache
40. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Jamb
Gesso
Burin
Collage
41. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Anamorphic Image
Caduceus
Action Painting
42. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Etching
Kaaba
Aestetics
Maesta
43. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Maesta
Abstract Expressionism
Hard Edge Painting
Modernism
44. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Clerestory
Entasis
Addorsed
Atrium
45. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Metope
Art Nouveau
Impressionism
Hiberno-Saxon
46. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Mannerism
Modernism
Grisaille
Clerestory
47. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Gesso
Etching
Mannerism
48. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Apotheosis
Entasis
Art Deco
Carolingian
49. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Dy Point
Etching
Expressionism
Canon
50. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Jamb
Chryselephantine
Chi-Rho-Iota
Caryatid