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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Female figure used as structural column
Kaaba
Carpet Page
Caryatid
Clerestory
2. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Emblema
Impasto
Anamorphic Image
International Style
3. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Apotheosis
Addorsed
Byzantine
Carpet Page
4. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Minimalism
Fresco
Encaustic
5. Painting on plaster
Fresco
Anamorphic Image
Carolingian
Kachina Dolls
6. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Art Nouveau
Campanile
Burin
Dada
7. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Action Painting
Burin
Modernism
Hiberno-Saxon
8. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Baldacchino
Femmage
Acropolis
Chi-Rho-Iota
9. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
De Stijl
Etching
Maesta
Caryatid
10. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Carolingian
Cire Perdue
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Collage
11. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Mandorla
De Stijl
Chryselephantine
Canon
12. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Futurism
Conceptual Art
Anamorphic Image
13. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Eucharist
Daguerreotype
Art Deco
Chiaroscuro
14. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Kachina Dolls
Aestetics
Abstract
Carolingian
15. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Art Nouveau
Concrete
Capital
Art Brut
16. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Fresco
Anamorphic Image
Eucharist
17. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Archivolt
Futurism
Art Brut
Abstract Expressionism
18. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Contraposto
Encaustic
Burin
19. Associated with E.Catholic Church
De Stijl
Caduceus
Chiaroscuro
Byzantine
20. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
De Stijl
Minimalism
Impasto
Atrium
21. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Chi-Rho-Iota
Aisle
Collage
Burin
22. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Carpet Page
Grisaille
Butress
Modernism
23. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Mandorla
Action Painting
Collage
24. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Cire Perdue
Caryatid
Futurism
25. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Byzantine
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Collage
Chimera
26. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Action Painting
Gouache
Fresco
Conceptual Art
27. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Baldacchino
Impressionism
Byzantine
Campanile
28. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Ambulatory
Kaaba
Disegno
Metope
29. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Apotheosis
Chiton
Femmage
Caduceus
30. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Daguerreotype
Clerestory
Kaaba
Ambulatory
31. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Mannerism
Installation
Capital
Apse
32. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Cubism
Archivolt
Collage
33. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Burin
Carolingian
Abstract Expressionism
Gigantomachy
34. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Chiaroscuro
Chi-Rho-Iota
Contraposto
Dada
35. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Expressionism
Gigantomachy
Concrete
Mannerism
36. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Dy Point
Balustrade
Impressionism
Aisle
37. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Cire Perdue
Carolingian
Groin Vault
38. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
De Stijl
Baptistery
Ambulatory
Expressionism
39. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Horror Vaqui
Art Deco
De Stijl
Balustrade
40. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Apse
Caduceus
Cubism
Contraposto
41. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Kachina Dolls
Minimalism
Carolingian
Caduceus
42. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Dy Point
Cella
Disegno
Encaustic
43. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Hypostyle Hall
Caryatid
Baroque
Momento Mori
44. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Byzantine
Capital
Acropolis
Dada
45. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Chi-Rho-Iota
Ambulatory
Kachina Dolls
46. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Cartoon
Apse
Gesso
Art Nouveau
47. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Chiton
Caryatid
Encaustic
Balustrade
48. Concentric bands on arch of church
Art Brut
Archivolt
Minimalism
Clerestory
49. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Acropolis
Campanile
Art Nouveau
50. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Canon
Clerestory
Gigantomachy
Concrete
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