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AP Art History Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Cartoon
Carolingian
Carpet Page
Aestetics
2. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Canon
Entasis
Basilica
Impressionism
3. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Balustrade
Art Deco
Cella
Action Painting
4. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Hypostyle Hall
Anamorphic Image
Chi-Rho-Iota
Carpet Page
5. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Dada
De Stijl
Anamorphic Image
6. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Apse
Gouache
Mandorla
Eucharist
7. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Cella
Dy Point
Baroque
8. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Basilica
Art Deco
Encaustic
9. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Etching
Acropolis
Grisaille
Minimalism
10. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Contraposto
Etching
Abstract Expressionism
Clerestory
11. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Etching
Femmage
Concrete
Momento Mori
12. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Byzantine
Burin
Cubism
13. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Futurism
Art Brut
Kaaba
Altar Piece
14. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Abstract
Metope
Cartoon
Cella
15. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Minimalism
Fauvism
Caryatid
Apse
16. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Encaustic
Dada
Art Deco
Archivolt
17. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Hard Edge Painting
Action Painting
Abstract
18. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Byzantine
Conceptual Art
Impressionism
Aisle
19. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Gigantomachy
Archivolt
Impressionism
Chiton
20. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Chi-Rho-Iota
De Stijl
Carpet Page
Installation
21. Concentric bands on arch of church
Apse
Archivolt
Action Painting
Byzantine
22. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Baldacchino
Capital
International Style
Abstract
23. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Cire Perdue
Maesta
Chimera
Baldacchino
24. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Impasto
Abstract
Fresco
Aestetics
25. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Collage
Apotheosis
Butress
Maesta
26. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Collage
Ambulatory
Carolingian
Futurism
27. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Butress
Art Deco
Chiton
Kaaba
28. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Gouache
Baldacchino
Chi-Rho-Iota
29. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Art Deco
Horror Vaqui
Momento Mori
Canon
30. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Dy Point
Cubism
Fresco
Aisle
31. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Gouache
Burin
Apotheosis
Cella
32. Rule applied to proportion
Canon
Acropolis
Mannerism
Balustrade
33. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Apse
Acropolis
Cire Perdue
Chimera
34. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Altar Piece
Carolingian
De Stijl
35. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Capital
Butress
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Apse
36. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Constructivism
Impressionism
Canon
Daguerreotype
37. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Futurism
Eucharist
Byzantine
Cubism
38. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Baldacchino
Action Painting
Contraposto
Kaaba
39. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Expressionism
Hypostyle Hall
Concrete
Grisaille
40. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Encaustic
Hiberno-Saxon
Carpet Page
Modernism
41. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Chryselephantine
Mannerism
Installation
Atrium
42. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Cella
Chimera
Chryselephantine
43. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Concrete
Abstract Expressionism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Baroque
44. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Cire Perdue
Kachina Dolls
Cella
Caduceus
45. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Basilica
Baldacchino
Hypostyle Hall
Etching
46. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Dy Point
Modernism
Chiton
47. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Altar Piece
Baptistery
Jamb
Caryatid
48. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Expressionism
Kaaba
Mandorla
Chiaroscuro
49. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Chimera
Futurism
Caryatid
Carolingian
50. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Clerestory
Hiberno-Saxon
Byzantine
Gouache