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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Collage
Horror Vaqui
Caduceus
Gouache
2. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Altar Piece
Daguerreotype
Chi-Rho-Iota
Apotheosis
3. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Abstract
Gigantomachy
Modernism
Momento Mori
4. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Addorsed
Hard Edge Painting
Caduceus
5. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Kachina Dolls
Chiton
Expressionism
6. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Altar Piece
Caduceus
Aisle
Anamorphic Image
7. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Mannerism
Gesso
Aisle
Impressionism
8. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Gesso
Chimera
Addorsed
Femmage
9. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Abstract Expressionism
Horror Vaqui
Carolingian
Constructivism
10. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Abstract
Cella
Constructivism
Baldacchino
11. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Art Deco
Cella
Apse
12. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Kachina Dolls
Cartoon
Ambulatory
13. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Installation
Acropolis
Art Deco
Encaustic
14. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Carpet Page
Caryatid
Dada
Entasis
15. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Hiberno-Saxon
Gigantomachy
Fresco
Anamorphic Image
16. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Horror Vaqui
Cire Perdue
Anamorphic Image
Modernism
17. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Basilica
Anamorphic Image
Gesso
Carolingian
18. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Butress
Dy Point
Gouache
Chimera
19. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Etching
Groin Vault
Cubism
Carpet Page
20. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Basilica
Entasis
Modernism
Mandorla
21. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Eucharist
Expressionism
Baldacchino
Gouache
22. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Jamb
Grisaille
Action Painting
Chiaroscuro
23. Having to do with Charlamagne
Maesta
Installation
Carolingian
Fresco
24. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Earth Art/Environmental Art
De Stijl
Fresco
25. Composition made by combing various materials
Ambulatory
Kachina Dolls
Collage
Impasto
26. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Ambulatory
Abstract Expressionism
Chryselephantine
Atrium
27. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Minimalism
Burin
Dada
Caryatid
28. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Abstract
Gigantomachy
Disegno
29. The Italian word for a drawing
Chimera
International Style
Chiaroscuro
Disegno
30. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Kaaba
Art Brut
Modernism
Hard Edge Painting
31. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Impressionism
Jamb
Anamorphic Image
Contraposto
32. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Cire Perdue
De Stijl
Dy Point
Campanile
33. Side posts of a doorway
Baptistery
Jamb
Baldacchino
Butress
34. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Eucharist
Disegno
Carolingian
35. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Ambulatory
Acropolis
Chiaroscuro
36. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Maesta
Groin Vault
Daguerreotype
37. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Acropolis
Chi-Rho-Iota
Impasto
38. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Addorsed
Campanile
Baroque
Burin
39. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Carpet Page
Expressionism
Acropolis
Butress
40. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Expressionism
Minimalism
Momento Mori
De Stijl
41. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Impressionism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Metope
Balustrade
42. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Acropolis
Canon
Hard Edge Painting
43. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Butress
Constructivism
Caduceus
Daguerreotype
44. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Altar Piece
Daguerreotype
Anamorphic Image
45. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Collage
Fresco
Abstract Expressionism
Maesta
46. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Baldacchino
Hypostyle Hall
Daguerreotype
47. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Cella
Art Brut
Byzantine
Momento Mori
48. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Mannerism
Etching
Apotheosis
Eucharist
49. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Groin Vault
Kachina Dolls
Mandorla
Butress
50. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Grisaille
Kachina Dolls
Burin
Aestetics
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