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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish






2. The Italian word for a drawing






3. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions






4. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.






5. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature






6. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like






7. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion






8. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.






9. Symbol of death -usually a skull






10. Bell tower separate from the main church building






11. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.






12. Site for baptism but separate from a church






13. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting






14. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms






15. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base






16. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling






17. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre






18. Painting technique using pigments ground in water






19. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures






20. Central section of a mosaic






21. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively






22. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults






23. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca






24. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon






25. Associated with E.Catholic Church






26. Composition made by combing various materials






27. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers






28. Female figure used as structural column






29. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures






30. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate






31. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd






32. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure






33. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building






34. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.






35. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.






36. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern






37. Rule applied to proportion






38. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.






39. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.






40. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters






41. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .






42. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot






43. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art






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.






45. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.






46. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces






47. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house






48. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence






49. Having to do with Charlamagne






50. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ