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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Having to do with Charlamagne
Dada
Action Painting
Dy Point
Carolingian
2. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Gigantomachy
Altar Piece
Basilica
De Stijl
3. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Conceptual Art
Caryatid
Futurism
Impasto
4. Rule applied to proportion
Cartoon
Cire Perdue
Canon
Collage
5. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Chiaroscuro
Abstract Expressionism
Carolingian
Minimalism
6. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Baptistery
Art Nouveau
Jamb
Carolingian
7. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Disegno
Conceptual Art
Art Brut
Hypostyle Hall
8. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Art Brut
Femmage
Modernism
Dada
9. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
International Style
Abstract Expressionism
Atrium
Fresco
10. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Hiberno-Saxon
Hard Edge Painting
Constructivism
Emblema
11. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Dy Point
Constructivism
Kachina Dolls
Aestetics
12. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Art Nouveau
Burin
Acropolis
13. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Kaaba
Gigantomachy
Atrium
De Stijl
14. Side posts of a doorway
Byzantine
Jamb
Abstract Expressionism
Eucharist
15. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Mandorla
Cella
Concrete
Art Nouveau
16. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Art Brut
Eucharist
Capital
Mannerism
17. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Anamorphic Image
International Style
Cubism
Chimera
18. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Baroque
Metope
Jamb
Contraposto
19. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Chi-Rho-Iota
Impasto
Momento Mori
Cire Perdue
20. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Encaustic
Caduceus
Jamb
21. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Cella
Entasis
Mannerism
Momento Mori
22. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Fresco
Ambulatory
Art Deco
Aestetics
23. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Hiberno-Saxon
Art Deco
Gesso
24. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Constructivism
Contraposto
Addorsed
Chiaroscuro
25. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Chiaroscuro
Byzantine
Expressionism
Carpet Page
26. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Altar Piece
Aisle
Anamorphic Image
27. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Impressionism
Art Deco
Hiberno-Saxon
Kachina Dolls
28. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Contraposto
Caduceus
Horror Vaqui
Aestetics
29. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Entasis
Hypostyle Hall
Baroque
Emblema
30. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Mannerism
Entasis
Burin
Momento Mori
31. Central section of a mosaic
Chryselephantine
Emblema
Jamb
Contraposto
32. The Italian word for a drawing
Disegno
Fresco
Installation
Expressionism
33. Painting on plaster
Fresco
Cartoon
Grisaille
Action Painting
34. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Acropolis
Impasto
Baroque
Earth Art/Environmental Art
35. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Mannerism
Carolingian
Atrium
Daguerreotype
36. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Dada
Maesta
Grisaille
Hiberno-Saxon
37. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Cire Perdue
Groin Vault
International Style
Collage
38. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Anamorphic Image
Gouache
Capital
Fresco
39. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Kachina Dolls
Futurism
Abstract
Entasis
40. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Metope
Fauvism
Hiberno-Saxon
Atrium
41. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Mannerism
Cire Perdue
Abstract
Campanile
42. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Basilica
Cubism
Caryatid
Horror Vaqui
43. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Balustrade
Action Painting
Baldacchino
Collage
44. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Concrete
Cire Perdue
Clerestory
Hypostyle Hall
45. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Kaaba
Dada
Addorsed
Caduceus
46. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Emblema
Hard Edge Painting
Mandorla
47. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Abstract Expressionism
Carolingian
Caduceus
Groin Vault
48. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Action Painting
Entasis
Kachina Dolls
Emblema
49. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Dy Point
Gouache
Grisaille
50. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Chi-Rho-Iota
Impressionism
Momento Mori
Grisaille