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AP Art History Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Kaaba
Altar Piece
De Stijl
Acropolis
2. Having to do with Charlamagne
Jamb
Carolingian
Canon
International Style
3. The Italian word for a drawing
Cartoon
Chimera
Disegno
Abstract
4. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Baldacchino
Basilica
Ambulatory
Campanile
5. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Anamorphic Image
Encaustic
Chiton
Etching
6. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Femmage
Emblema
Chiaroscuro
Chimera
7. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Grisaille
Baptistery
Groin Vault
8. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Concrete
Gouache
Chryselephantine
Byzantine
9. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Cire Perdue
International Style
Horror Vaqui
Gesso
10. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Caryatid
Grisaille
Mannerism
Mandorla
11. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Chryselephantine
Caduceus
Hypostyle Hall
Baldacchino
12. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Fresco
Conceptual Art
Hypostyle Hall
Metope
13. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Maesta
Grisaille
Acropolis
Kaaba
14. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Cella
Dada
Hiberno-Saxon
Capital
15. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Hypostyle Hall
Baptistery
Balustrade
Action Painting
16. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Chryselephantine
Minimalism
Action Painting
Caduceus
17. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Chi-Rho-Iota
Gesso
International Style
Chiton
18. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fresco
Fauvism
Kachina Dolls
Gigantomachy
19. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Abstract
Dy Point
Archivolt
Chiaroscuro
20. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Caryatid
Chryselephantine
Aestetics
Kachina Dolls
21. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Carolingian
Chiton
Abstract Expressionism
Concrete
22. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Cartoon
Abstract
Impasto
Chiton
23. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Addorsed
Baroque
Art Deco
Apotheosis
24. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Jamb
Impasto
Metope
Gigantomachy
25. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Conceptual Art
Femmage
Apse
Emblema
26. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Chiton
Altar Piece
Maesta
Grisaille
27. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Gouache
Chryselephantine
Atrium
Gesso
28. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
International Style
Canon
Butress
Horror Vaqui
29. Concentric bands on arch of church
Impasto
Altar Piece
Archivolt
Burin
30. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Entasis
Aestetics
Art Brut
Jamb
31. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Mannerism
Atrium
Jamb
Modernism
32. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Carpet Page
Chi-Rho-Iota
Canon
Collage
33. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Cartoon
Clerestory
Encaustic
Acropolis
34. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Basilica
Baldacchino
Etching
Art Deco
35. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Caduceus
Impasto
Anamorphic Image
Addorsed
36. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Kaaba
Dy Point
Groin Vault
Caduceus
37. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Aestetics
Daguerreotype
Disegno
Carpet Page
38. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Impressionism
Art Brut
Conceptual Art
Jamb
39. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Kachina Dolls
Baldacchino
Installation
Encaustic
40. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Apotheosis
Balustrade
Abstract
Basilica
41. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Gesso
Maesta
Cubism
International Style
42. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Burin
Contraposto
Balustrade
Encaustic
43. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Dy Point
Canon
Chiton
Mandorla
44. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Gesso
Aisle
Chiton
Burin
45. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Cartoon
Dada
Clerestory
46. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Dy Point
Jamb
Abstract Expressionism
47. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Hard Edge Painting
Byzantine
Chimera
Modernism
48. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Art Brut
Hiberno-Saxon
Cella
Ambulatory
49. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Cella
Expressionism
Concrete
Burin
50. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Chi-Rho-Iota
Dada
Daguerreotype
Hiberno-Saxon