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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Chiaroscuro
Carpet Page
Campanile
Addorsed
2. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Encaustic
Gouache
Eucharist
Jamb
3. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Baptistery
Art Nouveau
Cartoon
Groin Vault
4. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Modernism
Installation
Aestetics
Constructivism
5. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Cire Perdue
Disegno
Art Brut
6. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Clerestory
Cella
Gesso
Balustrade
7. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Abstract Expressionism
Aisle
Chryselephantine
Apotheosis
8. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Anamorphic Image
Abstract
Minimalism
9. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Horror Vaqui
Balustrade
Cartoon
10. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Eucharist
Chiton
Jamb
Encaustic
11. Painting on plaster
Fresco
Caduceus
Installation
Collage
12. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Byzantine
Canon
International Style
Encaustic
13. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Burin
Byzantine
Etching
14. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Apotheosis
Chi-Rho-Iota
Hypostyle Hall
Cubism
15. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Hypostyle Hall
Gouache
Abstract
Maesta
16. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Metope
Concrete
Hypostyle Hall
Basilica
17. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Eucharist
Gouache
Aisle
18. The Italian word for a drawing
Concrete
Caryatid
Disegno
Fresco
19. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Byzantine
Addorsed
Acropolis
Abstract Expressionism
20. Having to do with Charlamagne
Ambulatory
Carolingian
Collage
Aisle
21. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Hard Edge Painting
Impasto
Cubism
Impressionism
22. Rule applied to proportion
Futurism
Canon
Art Deco
Abstract Expressionism
23. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Chi-Rho-Iota
Art Nouveau
Kaaba
Expressionism
24. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Hard Edge Painting
Baldacchino
Chiaroscuro
Daguerreotype
25. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Encaustic
Minimalism
Carolingian
Fauvism
26. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Hiberno-Saxon
Eucharist
Impressionism
Capital
27. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Entasis
Metope
Daguerreotype
Addorsed
28. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Baldacchino
Action Painting
Entasis
Modernism
29. Side posts of a doorway
Daguerreotype
Jamb
Action Painting
Conceptual Art
30. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Kachina Dolls
Abstract
Cartoon
Futurism
31. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Dy Point
Contraposto
Apotheosis
32. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Abstract
Action Painting
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Butress
33. Concentric bands on arch of church
Campanile
Archivolt
Clerestory
Basilica
34. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Burin
Entasis
Art Deco
Hard Edge Painting
35. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Acropolis
Etching
Momento Mori
Chryselephantine
36. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Apotheosis
Capital
Modernism
Gouache
37. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Carpet Page
Aisle
Concrete
Aestetics
38. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Atrium
Daguerreotype
Abstract
Basilica
39. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Anamorphic Image
Horror Vaqui
Daguerreotype
Art Deco
40. 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
Chiaroscuro
Acropolis
Mannerism
41. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Femmage
Hiberno-Saxon
De Stijl
Art Nouveau
42. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Ambulatory
Balustrade
Mandorla
Mannerism
43. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Anamorphic Image
Art Brut
Baldacchino
Collage
44. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Emblema
Aestetics
Hard Edge Painting
Baldacchino
45. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Canon
Installation
Archivolt
International Style
46. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Campanile
Chiaroscuro
Byzantine
Cartoon
47. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Aestetics
Anamorphic Image
Apse
Campanile
48. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Installation
Art Nouveau
Horror Vaqui
Eucharist
49. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Cubism
Burin
Gigantomachy
Carolingian
50. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Cella
Abstract Expressionism
De Stijl
Futurism