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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Mannerism
Cartoon
International Style
Clerestory
2. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Addorsed
Jamb
Mannerism
Grisaille
3. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Chimera
Installation
Conceptual Art
Apse
4. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Dada
Momento Mori
Femmage
Emblema
5. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Abstract
Impressionism
Byzantine
6. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Disegno
Cubism
Chiaroscuro
Action Painting
7. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Addorsed
Hiberno-Saxon
Archivolt
8. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Anamorphic Image
Constructivism
De Stijl
9. Rule applied to proportion
Femmage
Canon
Grisaille
Cella
10. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Chimera
Modernism
Constructivism
Hypostyle Hall
11. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Entasis
Anamorphic Image
Gouache
Acropolis
12. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Baptistery
Dada
Art Brut
Chryselephantine
13. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Maesta
Fresco
Altar Piece
Dy Point
14. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Baldacchino
Cubism
Conceptual Art
15. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Altar Piece
Encaustic
Caryatid
16. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Kachina Dolls
Baptistery
Butress
Groin Vault
17. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Chiton
Grisaille
Etching
18. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Chryselephantine
Daguerreotype
Impasto
Art Nouveau
19. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Aestetics
Horror Vaqui
Installation
Momento Mori
20. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Impasto
International Style
Addorsed
Art Deco
21. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Action Painting
Cella
Contraposto
Abstract
22. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Conceptual Art
Anamorphic Image
Action Painting
Chi-Rho-Iota
23. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Mandorla
Disegno
Emblema
Abstract Expressionism
24. Composition made by combing various materials
Archivolt
Gigantomachy
Collage
Art Brut
25. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Expressionism
Kaaba
Constructivism
Apse
26. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Kaaba
Apse
Cella
Hiberno-Saxon
27. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Burin
Carolingian
Impasto
Maesta
28. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Chryselephantine
Altar Piece
Dy Point
Impressionism
29. Central section of a mosaic
Balustrade
Atrium
Emblema
Aestetics
30. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Impasto
Expressionism
Cartoon
Modernism
31. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Emblema
Art Brut
Abstract
Action Painting
32. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Basilica
Gouache
Balustrade
33. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Clerestory
Carpet Page
De Stijl
34. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Metope
Etching
Mandorla
Femmage
35. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Installation
Action Painting
Chi-Rho-Iota
Clerestory
36. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Momento Mori
Art Brut
Kaaba
Daguerreotype
37. The Italian word for a drawing
Encaustic
Addorsed
Disegno
Altar Piece
38. Concentric bands on arch of church
Archivolt
Carolingian
Kaaba
Constructivism
39. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Chimera
Gouache
Horror Vaqui
Burin
40. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Dada
International Style
Gouache
Cartoon
41. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Dy Point
Art Brut
Cire Perdue
Addorsed
42. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Addorsed
Art Brut
Byzantine
Metope
43. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Balustrade
Carpet Page
Hiberno-Saxon
Fauvism
44. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Balustrade
Futurism
Aestetics
Atrium
45. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Impasto
Metope
Action Painting
Entasis
46. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Chimera
Cubism
Gesso
Capital
47. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Modernism
Chiaroscuro
Dada
Archivolt
48. Having to do with Charlamagne
Caduceus
Carolingian
Canon
Horror Vaqui
49. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Gigantomachy
Archivolt
Cella
Balustrade
50. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Grisaille
Art Deco
Expressionism
Aisle