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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Constructivism
Impressionism
Anamorphic Image
Art Brut
2. The Italian word for a drawing
Expressionism
Contraposto
Futurism
Disegno
3. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Impasto
Addorsed
Futurism
Encaustic
4. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Ambulatory
Apse
Acropolis
Art Deco
5. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
International Style
Impressionism
Etching
Emblema
6. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Acropolis
Cella
Chiton
Maesta
7. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Acropolis
Entasis
Cartoon
Kaaba
8. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Acropolis
Baldacchino
Capital
Art Deco
9. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Aisle
Momento Mori
Caryatid
Carpet Page
10. Bell tower separate from the main church building
International Style
Action Painting
Atrium
Campanile
11. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Basilica
Atrium
Action Painting
Earth Art/Environmental Art
12. Site for baptism but separate from a church
International Style
Byzantine
Baptistery
Gouache
13. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Fauvism
International Style
Art Nouveau
Action Painting
14. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Atrium
Apotheosis
Art Brut
15. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Daguerreotype
Etching
Acropolis
Altar Piece
16. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Momento Mori
Clerestory
Collage
Kaaba
17. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Cartoon
Daguerreotype
Anamorphic Image
Maesta
18. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Art Deco
Ambulatory
Gouache
19. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Hard Edge Painting
Anamorphic Image
Emblema
International Style
20. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Eucharist
Cubism
Abstract
21. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Chiaroscuro
Metope
Eucharist
Action Painting
22. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Fresco
Groin Vault
Fauvism
Apotheosis
23. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Caryatid
Minimalism
Capital
24. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Art Nouveau
Burin
Cella
Earth Art/Environmental Art
25. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Gigantomachy
Basilica
Concrete
Byzantine
26. Composition made by combing various materials
Constructivism
Canon
Collage
Cartoon
27. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Baroque
Installation
Daguerreotype
Aisle
28. Female figure used as structural column
Caryatid
Basilica
Mandorla
Conceptual Art
29. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Cire Perdue
Balustrade
Aisle
Apotheosis
30. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Burin
Conceptual Art
Carolingian
Mandorla
31. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Contraposto
Dada
Acropolis
Installation
32. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Impressionism
Aestetics
Burin
Metope
33. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Gesso
Chimera
Acropolis
34. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Cartoon
Hiberno-Saxon
Carolingian
35. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Etching
Jamb
De Stijl
Abstract
36. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Byzantine
Maesta
Cire Perdue
37. Rule applied to proportion
Canon
Balustrade
Chiton
Action Painting
38. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Chryselephantine
Ambulatory
Disegno
Hypostyle Hall
39. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Etching
Cubism
Constructivism
Groin Vault
40. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Acropolis
Femmage
Baldacchino
Emblema
41. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Baptistery
Dy Point
Kaaba
De Stijl
42. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Expressionism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Encaustic
Mandorla
43. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Jamb
Horror Vaqui
Ambulatory
Impressionism
44. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Mandorla
Gesso
Basilica
Art Nouveau
45. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Art Brut
Carpet Page
Constructivism
Cubism
46. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Daguerreotype
Aestetics
Chryselephantine
47. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Aisle
Acropolis
Capital
48. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Cire Perdue
Balustrade
Contraposto
Capital
49. Having to do with Charlamagne
Cire Perdue
Carolingian
Momento Mori
Acropolis
50. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Hard Edge Painting
Eucharist
Apotheosis
Chi-Rho-Iota