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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Disegno
Aisle
Encaustic
Balustrade
2. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Kachina Dolls
Expressionism
Art Nouveau
Cella
3. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Clerestory
Archivolt
Chiaroscuro
4. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Groin Vault
Carolingian
Chiton
Abstract
5. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Cubism
Metope
Caryatid
Caduceus
6. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Acropolis
Impasto
Chiton
Basilica
7. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Caryatid
Daguerreotype
Anamorphic Image
Kachina Dolls
8. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Dy Point
Concrete
Disegno
Horror Vaqui
9. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Capital
Carpet Page
Minimalism
Horror Vaqui
10. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Eucharist
Carpet Page
Maesta
Kachina Dolls
11. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Clerestory
Dy Point
Atrium
Futurism
12. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Expressionism
Minimalism
Butress
Metope
13. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Chi-Rho-Iota
Aisle
Gouache
Burin
14. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Butress
Ambulatory
Maesta
15. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Jamb
Dada
Impasto
Butress
16. Female figure used as structural column
Emblema
Caryatid
Conceptual Art
Campanile
17. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Constructivism
Hypostyle Hall
Contraposto
Chiton
18. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Carolingian
Gigantomachy
Fauvism
Impasto
19. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Capital
Fresco
Kaaba
20. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Baldacchino
Mannerism
Baroque
Earth Art/Environmental Art
21. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Momento Mori
Installation
Modernism
Hard Edge Painting
22. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Metope
Art Brut
Dy Point
Constructivism
23. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Mannerism
Archivolt
Mandorla
Chryselephantine
24. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Caryatid
Gesso
Entasis
Gigantomachy
25. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
International Style
Eucharist
Acropolis
Capital
26. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Hard Edge Painting
Hiberno-Saxon
Groin Vault
Minimalism
27. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Gigantomachy
Burin
Dada
Canon
28. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Grisaille
Modernism
Gesso
Femmage
29. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Baroque
Apse
Atrium
Earth Art/Environmental Art
30. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Art Brut
Kaaba
Baldacchino
Apotheosis
31. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Campanile
Etching
Entasis
De Stijl
32. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Disegno
Mandorla
Clerestory
Hard Edge Painting
33. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Concrete
Contraposto
Femmage
Apotheosis
34. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Carolingian
Modernism
Daguerreotype
Chi-Rho-Iota
35. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Concrete
Cubism
Acropolis
Canon
36. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Cartoon
Gouache
Groin Vault
37. Having to do with Charlamagne
Carolingian
Apotheosis
Chimera
Dy Point
38. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Kaaba
Femmage
Impasto
Contraposto
39. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Daguerreotype
Aestetics
Installation
Eucharist
40. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Maesta
Chiton
Hiberno-Saxon
Acropolis
41. Rule applied to proportion
Collage
Futurism
Canon
Gesso
42. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Archivolt
Atrium
Aisle
Cubism
43. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Encaustic
Impasto
Fauvism
Minimalism
44. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Kaaba
Apse
Minimalism
45. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Anamorphic Image
Gesso
Burin
46. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Ambulatory
Anamorphic Image
Action Painting
47. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Caryatid
Kaaba
Apse
Dada
48. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Carolingian
Entasis
Eucharist
Baldacchino
49. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Chimera
Altar Piece
Daguerreotype
Gouache
50. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Acropolis
Cire Perdue
Conceptual Art
Metope