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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Balustrade
Clerestory
Apse
Aestetics
2. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Campanile
Dy Point
Conceptual Art
Disegno
3. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Apotheosis
Impressionism
Campanile
Contraposto
4. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Caduceus
Maesta
Futurism
Disegno
5. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Caryatid
Dy Point
Ambulatory
Aisle
6. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Caryatid
Basilica
Mannerism
Campanile
7. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Futurism
Cubism
Apse
Dada
8. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Anamorphic Image
Chimera
Aestetics
Installation
9. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Kaaba
Apotheosis
Gesso
Chi-Rho-Iota
10. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Expressionism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Metope
Cire Perdue
11. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Art Deco
Modernism
Caduceus
12. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Carpet Page
Dada
Constructivism
Aisle
13. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Installation
Basilica
Mannerism
14. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Abstract
Caduceus
Encaustic
Baroque
15. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Grisaille
Apse
Art Deco
Archivolt
16. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Addorsed
Collage
Cella
Impressionism
17. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Disegno
Abstract
Expressionism
18. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Collage
Expressionism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Groin Vault
19. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Entasis
Gouache
Baldacchino
Eucharist
20. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Chimera
Ambulatory
Futurism
21. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Baroque
Hiberno-Saxon
De Stijl
Conceptual Art
22. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
International Style
Etching
Capital
Gigantomachy
23. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Kaaba
Gigantomachy
Mandorla
Canon
24. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Byzantine
Installation
Cubism
Groin Vault
25. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Campanile
Metope
Canon
Baptistery
26. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Hiberno-Saxon
Chimera
Gouache
Dada
27. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Byzantine
Gigantomachy
Groin Vault
Atrium
28. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Constructivism
Art Brut
Installation
Emblema
29. Side posts of a doorway
Etching
Daguerreotype
Baroque
Jamb
30. Female figure used as structural column
Campanile
Baroque
Caryatid
Dy Point
31. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Art Deco
Constructivism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Metope
32. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Concrete
Cubism
Cella
Aestetics
33. Having to do with Charlamagne
Aisle
Carolingian
Collage
Metope
34. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Momento Mori
Capital
Caduceus
Hiberno-Saxon
35. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Metope
Futurism
Entasis
Chiaroscuro
36. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Expressionism
Action Painting
Capital
Cubism
37. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Expressionism
Metope
Cella
Carpet Page
38. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Contraposto
Horror Vaqui
Apotheosis
39. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Abstract Expressionism
Baroque
Basilica
Archivolt
40. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Aestetics
Chiaroscuro
Fauvism
Modernism
41. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Kachina Dolls
Momento Mori
Burin
Cire Perdue
42. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Acropolis
Maesta
Grisaille
Groin Vault
43. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Cartoon
Baroque
Horror Vaqui
Canon
44. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Ambulatory
Concrete
Fresco
45. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Hard Edge Painting
Entasis
Balustrade
Collage
46. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Art Nouveau
Minimalism
Campanile
47. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Femmage
Addorsed
Daguerreotype
Apse
48. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Gigantomachy
Action Painting
Femmage
49. Concentric bands on arch of church
Contraposto
Caduceus
Archivolt
Cartoon
50. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Grisaille
Carpet Page
Groin Vault
Gigantomachy