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AP Art History Vocab
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1. The Italian word for a drawing
Disegno
Conceptual Art
Metope
Apse
2. Female figure used as structural column
Dada
Balustrade
Futurism
Caryatid
3. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Hard Edge Painting
Contraposto
Futurism
Grisaille
4. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Art Nouveau
Clerestory
Femmage
Aestetics
5. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Daguerreotype
Chiton
Caduceus
Fresco
6. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Expressionism
Conceptual Art
Art Brut
Etching
7. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Carpet Page
Minimalism
Chimera
Chryselephantine
8. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Modernism
Apse
Collage
9. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Impressionism
Cella
Apse
Art Nouveau
10. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Art Nouveau
Cella
Entasis
Baldacchino
11. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Horror Vaqui
Mannerism
Archivolt
Concrete
12. Having to do with Charlamagne
Femmage
Conceptual Art
Carolingian
Caduceus
13. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Cartoon
Etching
Byzantine
International Style
14. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Emblema
Fauvism
Cire Perdue
Collage
15. Side posts of a doorway
Eucharist
Grisaille
Jamb
International Style
16. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Constructivism
Hypostyle Hall
Conceptual Art
Abstract Expressionism
17. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Hiberno-Saxon
Kachina Dolls
Hard Edge Painting
Concrete
18. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Gigantomachy
Groin Vault
Maesta
Kachina Dolls
19. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Burin
Disegno
Chiaroscuro
Acropolis
20. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Eucharist
Installation
Hiberno-Saxon
Collage
21. Central section of a mosaic
Etching
Cella
Apotheosis
Emblema
22. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Modernism
Gigantomachy
Cartoon
Chimera
23. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Fresco
Chimera
Action Painting
Maesta
24. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Hiberno-Saxon
Femmage
Basilica
Baldacchino
25. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Balustrade
Impressionism
Cubism
Chimera
26. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Altar Piece
Kachina Dolls
Art Deco
Hard Edge Painting
27. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Action Painting
Aestetics
Etching
28. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cubism
Aisle
Cire Perdue
Caduceus
29. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Cubism
Gouache
Minimalism
Gigantomachy
30. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Modernism
Contraposto
International Style
Earth Art/Environmental Art
31. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Abstract
Horror Vaqui
Momento Mori
Maesta
32. Concentric bands on arch of church
Cubism
Hypostyle Hall
Archivolt
Cartoon
33. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Addorsed
Installation
De Stijl
Momento Mori
34. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Groin Vault
Carpet Page
Ambulatory
Grisaille
35. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Hard Edge Painting
Modernism
Impressionism
36. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Cubism
Caryatid
Mannerism
Atrium
37. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Apotheosis
Chryselephantine
Aisle
Carpet Page
38. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Impressionism
Entasis
Encaustic
Maesta
39. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Fresco
Clerestory
Kachina Dolls
Encaustic
40. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Aisle
Fresco
Gigantomachy
41. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Carpet Page
Burin
Capital
Abstract Expressionism
42. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Momento Mori
Hard Edge Painting
Disegno
43. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Chryselephantine
Chiton
Capital
44. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Momento Mori
Apotheosis
Byzantine
Impasto
45. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Futurism
Metope
Momento Mori
Acropolis
46. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Basilica
Caduceus
Etching
Art Brut
47. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Conceptual Art
Impasto
Chi-Rho-Iota
Kaaba
48. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Modernism
Impasto
Fresco
49. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Grisaille
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Burin
Art Nouveau
50. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Abstract Expressionism
Collage
Archivolt
Gesso