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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Art Deco
Balustrade
Acropolis
Gesso
2. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Byzantine
Chiton
Horror Vaqui
Femmage
3. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Kachina Dolls
Mannerism
Butress
4. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Chiton
Chryselephantine
Altar Piece
5. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Apotheosis
Entasis
Mandorla
Impressionism
6. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Mannerism
Basilica
Mandorla
Kachina Dolls
7. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Altar Piece
Mannerism
Fresco
Impasto
8. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Etching
Dada
Addorsed
Gouache
9. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Cubism
Gesso
De Stijl
Baptistery
10. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Disegno
Gouache
Expressionism
11. Rule applied to proportion
Horror Vaqui
Canon
Burin
Mandorla
12. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Anamorphic Image
Carpet Page
Etching
Capital
13. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Disegno
Etching
Carpet Page
Maesta
14. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Grisaille
Modernism
Mannerism
Gouache
15. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Conceptual Art
Carpet Page
Caduceus
Hiberno-Saxon
16. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Constructivism
Apotheosis
Chiton
Hypostyle Hall
17. Female figure used as structural column
Grisaille
Caryatid
Futurism
Butress
18. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Hard Edge Painting
Chiaroscuro
Action Painting
Anamorphic Image
19. Painting on plaster
Atrium
Eucharist
Fresco
Mandorla
20. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Capital
Anamorphic Image
Kachina Dolls
Installation
21. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Kachina Dolls
Balustrade
Mannerism
Abstract
22. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Kachina Dolls
Apse
Burin
23. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Mannerism
Chimera
Clerestory
24. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Femmage
Altar Piece
Futurism
Abstract
25. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Kachina Dolls
Hypostyle Hall
Conceptual Art
Gesso
26. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Byzantine
Dy Point
Art Nouveau
Daguerreotype
27. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Art Brut
Byzantine
Canon
Art Nouveau
28. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Archivolt
Gigantomachy
Campanile
Fresco
29. Concentric bands on arch of church
Action Painting
Etching
Archivolt
Cubism
30. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Apotheosis
Collage
Acropolis
Installation
31. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Cire Perdue
Butress
Addorsed
Fauvism
32. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Momento Mori
Burin
Chimera
Groin Vault
33. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Gouache
Metope
Minimalism
Carolingian
34. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Grisaille
Addorsed
Futurism
Baldacchino
35. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Balustrade
Chiaroscuro
Caduceus
Capital
36. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cella
Byzantine
Installation
Constructivism
37. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Encaustic
Aisle
Chi-Rho-Iota
Expressionism
38. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Femmage
Aisle
Jamb
Basilica
39. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Balustrade
Aestetics
Mandorla
40. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Caduceus
Gesso
Baldacchino
41. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Chi-Rho-Iota
Collage
Horror Vaqui
Fauvism
42. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Fauvism
Carpet Page
Burin
Constructivism
43. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Art Nouveau
Chi-Rho-Iota
Apse
Disegno
44. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Apse
Cire Perdue
Femmage
Momento Mori
45. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Capital
Apse
Hard Edge Painting
Modernism
46. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Femmage
Eucharist
Art Nouveau
Gigantomachy
47. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Gouache
Anamorphic Image
Maesta
Clerestory
48. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Abstract Expressionism
Maesta
Gouache
Byzantine
49. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Burin
Jamb
Concrete
50. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Expressionism
Impasto
Anamorphic Image
Mandorla