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AP Art History Vocab
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1. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Basilica
Carpet Page
Cella
Abstract Expressionism
2. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Aisle
Dy Point
Minimalism
Hypostyle Hall
3. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Fresco
Aisle
Campanile
Conceptual Art
4. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Encaustic
Grisaille
Art Deco
Addorsed
5. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Mandorla
Aisle
Abstract
Emblema
6. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Chiton
Atrium
Chi-Rho-Iota
7. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Carolingian
Archivolt
International Style
8. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Metope
Fauvism
Anamorphic Image
Hard Edge Painting
9. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Cubism
Dy Point
De Stijl
Cire Perdue
10. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Momento Mori
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Art Brut
Installation
11. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Campanile
Hard Edge Painting
Emblema
Baptistery
12. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Kachina Dolls
Emblema
International Style
Femmage
13. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Impasto
Art Nouveau
Contraposto
Archivolt
14. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Chi-Rho-Iota
Abstract Expressionism
Canon
Horror Vaqui
15. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Clerestory
Etching
Aisle
16. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Minimalism
Byzantine
Baroque
Metope
17. Rule applied to proportion
Emblema
Canon
Hiberno-Saxon
Metope
18. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Chryselephantine
Canon
Art Deco
Fresco
19. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Mandorla
Hard Edge Painting
Caduceus
20. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Mannerism
Impasto
Emblema
Concrete
21. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Eucharist
Canon
Butress
Gesso
22. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Daguerreotype
Concrete
Carpet Page
Metope
23. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Baroque
Entasis
Jamb
24. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Aestetics
Kachina Dolls
Emblema
Gouache
25. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Chryselephantine
Basilica
Action Painting
Constructivism
26. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Hiberno-Saxon
Gouache
Kachina Dolls
Caduceus
27. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Capital
Cartoon
Metope
Altar Piece
28. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Expressionism
Momento Mori
Cubism
Entasis
29. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Cubism
Canon
Mannerism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
30. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Apse
Cubism
Atrium
Aisle
31. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Expressionism
Fresco
Action Painting
Futurism
32. Painting on plaster
Groin Vault
Fresco
Grisaille
Collage
33. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Action Painting
Anamorphic Image
Campanile
34. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Modernism
Grisaille
Altar Piece
Etching
35. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Eucharist
Cella
Abstract Expressionism
Anamorphic Image
36. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Gesso
Entasis
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Basilica
37. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Disegno
Caduceus
Cire Perdue
38. The Italian word for a drawing
Cire Perdue
Disegno
Entasis
Art Nouveau
39. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Impressionism
Art Brut
Collage
40. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Minimalism
Butress
International Style
41. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Modernism
Anamorphic Image
Baptistery
Groin Vault
42. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Clerestory
Aestetics
Kachina Dolls
Hypostyle Hall
43. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Chiaroscuro
Etching
Maesta
International Style
44. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Concrete
Modernism
Kachina Dolls
45. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Carpet Page
Groin Vault
Concrete
Gesso
46. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Concrete
Impasto
Momento Mori
47. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Cire Perdue
Futurism
Contraposto
Daguerreotype
48. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Chiaroscuro
Carolingian
Apse
Modernism
49. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Archivolt
Hard Edge Painting
Impressionism
Art Brut
50. Concentric bands on arch of church
Apse
Chimera
Archivolt
Impressionism