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AP Art History Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Concrete
Carpet Page
Kaaba
Hard Edge Painting
2. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Expressionism
Encaustic
Minimalism
Gouache
3. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Capital
Chimera
Earth Art/Environmental Art
4. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Archivolt
Maesta
Art Deco
Dada
5. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Chiaroscuro
Metope
Modernism
6. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Cire Perdue
Chiaroscuro
Caryatid
7. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Baroque
Grisaille
Campanile
Impressionism
8. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Apse
Femmage
Mandorla
Conceptual Art
9. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Constructivism
Eucharist
Hiberno-Saxon
Byzantine
10. The Italian word for a drawing
Abstract
Installation
Apotheosis
Disegno
11. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Gigantomachy
Chi-Rho-Iota
Disegno
Mandorla
12. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Anamorphic Image
Action Painting
Fresco
Modernism
13. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Baroque
Hiberno-Saxon
Baldacchino
Canon
14. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Apotheosis
Grisaille
Ambulatory
Burin
15. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Art Brut
Installation
Basilica
Gouache
16. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Maesta
Anamorphic Image
Chiaroscuro
De Stijl
17. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Balustrade
Baptistery
Encaustic
Modernism
18. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Abstract Expressionism
Chimera
Daguerreotype
Art Nouveau
19. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Constructivism
Minimalism
International Style
20. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Chi-Rho-Iota
Conceptual Art
Installation
Aisle
21. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Baroque
Gigantomachy
Concrete
Momento Mori
22. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Grisaille
Etching
Fauvism
Gouache
23. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Maesta
Aestetics
Expressionism
24. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Atrium
Basilica
Addorsed
Daguerreotype
25. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Art Deco
Cella
Chiton
Abstract
26. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Dada
Collage
Expressionism
27. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Kachina Dolls
Chiton
Cire Perdue
Chi-Rho-Iota
28. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Mannerism
Impasto
Apse
Baptistery
29. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Horror Vaqui
Entasis
Minimalism
Metope
30. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Minimalism
Caduceus
Mannerism
International Style
31. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Mandorla
International Style
Butress
Contraposto
32. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Installation
Etching
Cartoon
Abstract Expressionism
33. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Conceptual Art
Cubism
Installation
Atrium
34. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Gesso
Dada
Balustrade
Art Deco
35. Painting on plaster
Fresco
Femmage
Capital
Gesso
36. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Dy Point
Hiberno-Saxon
Baroque
Encaustic
37. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Minimalism
Chiton
Modernism
Horror Vaqui
38. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Conceptual Art
Balustrade
Addorsed
Dada
39. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Momento Mori
Baroque
Art Nouveau
Horror Vaqui
40. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Chiaroscuro
Expressionism
Acropolis
Apotheosis
41. Female figure used as structural column
Etching
Emblema
Gigantomachy
Caryatid
42. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Chi-Rho-Iota
Fauvism
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Apse
43. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Kachina Dolls
Dada
Cubism
Minimalism
44. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Fauvism
Groin Vault
Jamb
Etching
45. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
De Stijl
Grisaille
Installation
Abstract
46. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Contraposto
Basilica
Burin
Abstract Expressionism
47. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Chryselephantine
Aisle
Archivolt
Eucharist
48. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Balustrade
Minimalism
Gesso
Hard Edge Painting
49. Side posts of a doorway
Aisle
Gesso
Jamb
Dada
50. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Maesta
Anamorphic Image
Apse
Hypostyle Hall