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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Rule applied to proportion
Collage
Canon
Mandorla
Entasis
2. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Groin Vault
Maesta
De Stijl
Dy Point
3. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Carpet Page
Hard Edge Painting
Mandorla
Emblema
4. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Apotheosis
Conceptual Art
Disegno
5. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Baldacchino
Encaustic
Ambulatory
Conceptual Art
6. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cella
Art Brut
Cire Perdue
Campanile
7. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Apse
Baroque
Clerestory
Cire Perdue
8. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Action Painting
Chiton
Apotheosis
9. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Chiton
Contraposto
Abstract
Ambulatory
10. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Constructivism
Fresco
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Horror Vaqui
11. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Dada
Expressionism
Momento Mori
12. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Concrete
Gigantomachy
Gouache
Archivolt
13. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Etching
Caduceus
Acropolis
Ambulatory
14. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Metope
Hard Edge Painting
Abstract
Chiaroscuro
15. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Altar Piece
Kaaba
Burin
Addorsed
16. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Entasis
Cartoon
Hiberno-Saxon
Acropolis
17. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Entasis
Campanile
Canon
International Style
18. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Momento Mori
Art Nouveau
Apse
19. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Concrete
Cartoon
Altar Piece
Horror Vaqui
20. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Hard Edge Painting
Entasis
Capital
Minimalism
21. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Action Painting
Caryatid
Carpet Page
22. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Chiton
Etching
Mannerism
Chryselephantine
23. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Action Painting
Acropolis
Etching
24. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Art Brut
Aestetics
Expressionism
Daguerreotype
25. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Modernism
Gouache
Etching
Altar Piece
26. Concentric bands on arch of church
Archivolt
Burin
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Aisle
27. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Baptistery
Capital
Acropolis
Installation
28. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
International Style
Etching
Expressionism
Chi-Rho-Iota
29. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Gesso
Art Brut
Momento Mori
Addorsed
30. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Eucharist
Impasto
Action Painting
Hypostyle Hall
31. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Horror Vaqui
Canon
Aisle
Chi-Rho-Iota
32. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Cella
Cartoon
Gouache
Aestetics
33. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Cartoon
Addorsed
Cubism
Impasto
34. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Art Nouveau
Burin
Constructivism
De Stijl
35. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Apse
Installation
Anamorphic Image
36. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Hard Edge Painting
Carolingian
Daguerreotype
Baldacchino
37. Side posts of a doorway
Altar Piece
Jamb
Eucharist
Chi-Rho-Iota
38. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
De Stijl
Chiaroscuro
Clerestory
Cartoon
39. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Abstract Expressionism
Grisaille
Mandorla
Momento Mori
40. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Clerestory
Baldacchino
Abstract Expressionism
Art Brut
41. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Aisle
Baldacchino
Burin
Impressionism
42. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Fresco
Kachina Dolls
Chi-Rho-Iota
Addorsed
43. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Constructivism
Clerestory
Cubism
44. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Altar Piece
Dada
Baptistery
Kaaba
45. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Dada
Jamb
Cella
Maesta
46. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Anamorphic Image
Installation
Groin Vault
Cubism
47. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Acropolis
Gigantomachy
Expressionism
Chryselephantine
48. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Balustrade
Chiaroscuro
Modernism
International Style
49. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Action Painting
Emblema
Abstract Expressionism
Chiton
50. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Art Deco
Expressionism
Femmage
Chimera