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AP Art History Vocab
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1. The Italian word for a drawing
Gigantomachy
Disegno
Archivolt
Dada
2. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Atrium
Gouache
Caryatid
Capital
3. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Byzantine
Butress
Fauvism
Chiaroscuro
4. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Altar Piece
Hiberno-Saxon
Carpet Page
5. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Caryatid
Ambulatory
Impasto
Aisle
6. Female figure used as structural column
Encaustic
Gesso
Caryatid
Fauvism
7. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Byzantine
Art Deco
Conceptual Art
Contraposto
8. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Expressionism
Apse
Disegno
Contraposto
9. Bell tower separate from the main church building
International Style
Aestetics
Emblema
Campanile
10. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Momento Mori
Action Painting
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Aestetics
11. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Expressionism
Impressionism
De Stijl
Balustrade
12. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Byzantine
Fresco
Clerestory
Modernism
13. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Encaustic
Chryselephantine
Maesta
Collage
14. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Dy Point
Chiaroscuro
Chimera
Art Nouveau
15. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Ambulatory
Balustrade
Baroque
16. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Kachina Dolls
Futurism
Abstract
Anamorphic Image
17. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Jamb
Grisaille
Installation
Altar Piece
18. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Addorsed
Expressionism
Ambulatory
Cella
19. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Etching
Clerestory
Atrium
Encaustic
20. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Gouache
International Style
Capital
Carolingian
21. Side posts of a doorway
Jamb
Chi-Rho-Iota
Emblema
Cire Perdue
22. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Kachina Dolls
Atrium
Minimalism
Gouache
23. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Minimalism
Etching
Butress
Art Nouveau
24. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Groin Vault
Campanile
Basilica
Action Painting
25. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Dada
Mandorla
Addorsed
Hypostyle Hall
26. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Cella
Cubism
Clerestory
27. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Cire Perdue
Addorsed
Concrete
Carolingian
28. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Collage
Chiton
Fresco
Apse
29. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Art Deco
Aisle
Byzantine
30. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Cubism
Horror Vaqui
Acropolis
Anamorphic Image
31. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Action Painting
Momento Mori
Cire Perdue
Impressionism
32. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Addorsed
Expressionism
Daguerreotype
Burin
33. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Caryatid
Entasis
Eucharist
Byzantine
34. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Art Brut
Dada
Anamorphic Image
Hard Edge Painting
35. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Baptistery
Art Deco
International Style
36. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Altar Piece
Burin
Aisle
Clerestory
37. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Aestetics
Entasis
Minimalism
Modernism
38. Composition made by combing various materials
Cubism
Apse
Collage
Modernism
39. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Groin Vault
Chiton
Cire Perdue
40. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Chiaroscuro
Futurism
Chiton
Eucharist
41. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Ambulatory
Caduceus
Art Nouveau
Dada
42. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Cella
Kaaba
Baldacchino
Archivolt
43. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Mandorla
Basilica
Concrete
Constructivism
44. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Baldacchino
Hypostyle Hall
Capital
Cubism
45. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Balustrade
Canon
Baptistery
Dada
46. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Caryatid
Kachina Dolls
Anamorphic Image
47. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Carpet Page
Clerestory
Metope
Earth Art/Environmental Art
48. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Caryatid
Kachina Dolls
Abstract
Gigantomachy
49. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Installation
Baldacchino
Minimalism
Emblema
50. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Baptistery
Burin
Balustrade
Mannerism