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AP Art History Vocab
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1. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
International Style
Encaustic
Gesso
Momento Mori
2. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Addorsed
Capital
Chryselephantine
Apse
3. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Apse
De Stijl
International Style
Caduceus
4. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Chiaroscuro
Femmage
Fresco
Futurism
5. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Canon
Installation
Chiaroscuro
Conceptual Art
6. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Aestetics
Canon
Chiton
7. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
International Style
Collage
Hard Edge Painting
Fauvism
8. Painting on plaster
Archivolt
Carpet Page
Fresco
Femmage
9. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Cubism
De Stijl
Caryatid
Ambulatory
10. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Abstract Expressionism
Basilica
Action Painting
Art Brut
11. Concentric bands on arch of church
Impasto
Archivolt
Altar Piece
Chryselephantine
12. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Altar Piece
Impasto
Gouache
Mannerism
13. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Aisle
Dy Point
Campanile
Acropolis
14. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Kachina Dolls
Concrete
Abstract Expressionism
15. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Hypostyle Hall
De Stijl
International Style
Art Deco
16. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Caryatid
Balustrade
Mannerism
Maesta
17. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Baldacchino
Horror Vaqui
Art Nouveau
Grisaille
18. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Archivolt
Art Nouveau
Concrete
Emblema
19. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Expressionism
Abstract
Emblema
Installation
20. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Installation
Chryselephantine
Abstract
Hard Edge Painting
21. Rule applied to proportion
Canon
Apotheosis
Hypostyle Hall
Altar Piece
22. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Mandorla
Groin Vault
Collage
Chiton
23. Composition made by combing various materials
Anamorphic Image
Collage
Daguerreotype
Art Deco
24. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Emblema
Baptistery
Kachina Dolls
Modernism
25. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Abstract Expressionism
Campanile
Chimera
Hypostyle Hall
26. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Baroque
Hiberno-Saxon
Apotheosis
Abstract
27. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Ambulatory
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Etching
Metope
28. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
De Stijl
Metope
Campanile
Mandorla
29. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Femmage
Modernism
Entasis
Expressionism
30. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Expressionism
Baldacchino
Encaustic
Fauvism
31. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Gesso
Momento Mori
Constructivism
32. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Cubism
Butress
Gesso
Earth Art/Environmental Art
33. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
De Stijl
Minimalism
Art Nouveau
34. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Hypostyle Hall
Impasto
Baroque
Byzantine
35. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Cire Perdue
Basilica
Kachina Dolls
Futurism
36. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Fauvism
Chiaroscuro
Dy Point
Archivolt
37. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Concrete
Femmage
Chimera
Hiberno-Saxon
38. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Etching
Cubism
Kaaba
Minimalism
39. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Byzantine
Abstract
Jamb
Cire Perdue
40. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Minimalism
Daguerreotype
Expressionism
Metope
41. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Baldacchino
Caduceus
Art Deco
Groin Vault
42. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Conceptual Art
Installation
Encaustic
Anamorphic Image
43. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Cartoon
Ambulatory
International Style
44. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Minimalism
Chryselephantine
Jamb
Archivolt
45. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Cire Perdue
Capital
Caryatid
Encaustic
46. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Abstract
Metope
Cubism
Gigantomachy
47. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Mannerism
Campanile
Altar Piece
48. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Cartoon
Femmage
Carolingian
Aestetics
49. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Aisle
Acropolis
Campanile
Groin Vault
50. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Action Painting
Grisaille
Metope
Momento Mori