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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Chiaroscuro
Cartoon
Carpet Page
2. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Modernism
Byzantine
Archivolt
Capital
3. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Installation
Concrete
Altar Piece
4. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Art Nouveau
Mannerism
Anamorphic Image
Installation
5. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Aisle
Campanile
Kachina Dolls
Abstract Expressionism
6. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Carpet Page
Addorsed
Byzantine
Kachina Dolls
7. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Maesta
Butress
Cire Perdue
Baroque
8. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Altar Piece
Jamb
Groin Vault
Caryatid
9. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Butress
Kaaba
Futurism
Expressionism
10. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Contraposto
Expressionism
Abstract
Carpet Page
11. Concentric bands on arch of church
Entasis
Art Nouveau
Archivolt
Butress
12. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Groin Vault
Atrium
Butress
Clerestory
13. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Contraposto
Cubism
De Stijl
Concrete
14. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Impasto
Chryselephantine
Constructivism
Clerestory
15. Painting on plaster
Art Brut
Fresco
Installation
Modernism
16. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Cella
Basilica
Daguerreotype
Earth Art/Environmental Art
17. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Femmage
Aestetics
Chi-Rho-Iota
Carpet Page
18. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Encaustic
Dada
Fauvism
Mandorla
19. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Chimera
Etching
Art Brut
Baldacchino
20. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Expressionism
Metope
Aisle
Caduceus
21. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Groin Vault
Femmage
Entasis
Chimera
22. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Chiaroscuro
Hard Edge Painting
International Style
Chi-Rho-Iota
23. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Chimera
Concrete
Impasto
Dy Point
24. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Art Deco
Metope
Aestetics
Chiton
25. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Momento Mori
Impasto
Groin Vault
Futurism
26. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Clerestory
Balustrade
Chimera
Chiton
27. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Chryselephantine
Gouache
Cubism
Mandorla
28. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Hypostyle Hall
Apse
Encaustic
Fresco
29. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Mandorla
Art Deco
Chi-Rho-Iota
Daguerreotype
30. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Ambulatory
Clerestory
Impasto
Capital
31. Female figure used as structural column
Groin Vault
Caryatid
Installation
Dy Point
32. Rule applied to proportion
Conceptual Art
Grisaille
Canon
Femmage
33. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Daguerreotype
Aestetics
Disegno
34. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Encaustic
Etching
Installation
Kaaba
35. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Byzantine
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Caduceus
Butress
36. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Modernism
Minimalism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Burin
37. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apotheosis
Apse
Daguerreotype
Expressionism
38. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Baptistery
Eucharist
Gouache
39. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Daguerreotype
Aestetics
Baldacchino
Kaaba
40. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Groin Vault
Conceptual Art
Hypostyle Hall
41. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Eucharist
Gouache
Baptistery
Byzantine
42. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Gesso
Art Nouveau
Impressionism
Atrium
43. The Italian word for a drawing
Disegno
Gesso
Aestetics
Chiaroscuro
44. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Action Painting
Femmage
Chiaroscuro
45. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Acropolis
Gesso
Chiton
46. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Abstract Expressionism
Baroque
Apotheosis
Campanile
47. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Byzantine
Art Brut
Horror Vaqui
Cire Perdue
48. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Femmage
Apotheosis
Contraposto
Eucharist
49. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Kaaba
Daguerreotype
Baptistery
Jamb
50. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Contraposto
Etching
Campanile
Hard Edge Painting