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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Composition made by combing various materials
Contraposto
Campanile
Cubism
Collage
2. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Butress
Minimalism
Canon
Etching
3. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Altar Piece
Contraposto
Addorsed
De Stijl
4. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Chiton
Femmage
Impasto
Mandorla
5. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Daguerreotype
Chryselephantine
Byzantine
Art Nouveau
6. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Addorsed
Abstract Expressionism
Daguerreotype
Constructivism
7. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Hypostyle Hall
Futurism
Dy Point
Chiton
8. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Cubism
Gouache
Metope
Burin
9. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cire Perdue
Abstract
Cella
Baroque
10. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Canon
Disegno
Action Painting
Kaaba
11. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Chimera
Aestetics
Mannerism
12. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Maesta
Chiaroscuro
Cella
Apotheosis
13. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Fauvism
Femmage
Carpet Page
Maesta
14. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Hypostyle Hall
De Stijl
Abstract Expressionism
Addorsed
15. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Modernism
Art Nouveau
Chiton
Capital
16. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Fauvism
Disegno
Apotheosis
Momento Mori
17. Female figure used as structural column
Baldacchino
Groin Vault
Installation
Caryatid
18. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Cubism
Chiaroscuro
Kaaba
Butress
19. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Caduceus
Addorsed
Basilica
20. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Constructivism
Impressionism
Etching
Baldacchino
21. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Anamorphic Image
Expressionism
Etching
22. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Cubism
Gigantomachy
Basilica
23. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Acropolis
Balustrade
Impasto
Cubism
24. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Constructivism
Cire Perdue
Baptistery
Hard Edge Painting
25. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Cubism
Dy Point
Etching
26. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Horror Vaqui
Clerestory
Cire Perdue
Butress
27. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Hiberno-Saxon
Canon
Caryatid
28. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Hypostyle Hall
Hiberno-Saxon
Carpet Page
Encaustic
29. Central section of a mosaic
Aisle
International Style
Emblema
Momento Mori
30. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Byzantine
Carolingian
Chi-Rho-Iota
Installation
31. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Balustrade
Baptistery
Acropolis
Contraposto
32. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Mannerism
Daguerreotype
Capital
Etching
33. The Italian word for a drawing
Cire Perdue
Disegno
Baldacchino
Chiaroscuro
34. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Kaaba
Expressionism
Clerestory
Apotheosis
35. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Impressionism
Metope
Futurism
Atrium
36. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Art Nouveau
Kaaba
Impasto
Campanile
37. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Minimalism
De Stijl
Momento Mori
Balustrade
38. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Anamorphic Image
Etching
Caduceus
Caryatid
39. Side posts of a doorway
Minimalism
Maesta
Aestetics
Jamb
40. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Fauvism
Maesta
Art Nouveau
Kaaba
41. Painting on plaster
Action Painting
Fresco
Horror Vaqui
Chimera
42. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Art Deco
Installation
Gesso
Cire Perdue
43. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Byzantine
Mannerism
Conceptual Art
Basilica
44. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Concrete
Chimera
Installation
Campanile
45. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Chiaroscuro
Expressionism
Hard Edge Painting
Canon
46. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Campanile
Hiberno-Saxon
Maesta
Aisle
47. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Jamb
Butress
Chiton
Canon
48. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Aisle
Modernism
Baptistery
Addorsed
49. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Mandorla
Chryselephantine
Kachina Dolls
Acropolis
50. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Ambulatory
Basilica
Maesta