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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Chiaroscuro
Metope
Altar Piece
Byzantine
2. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Cella
Cartoon
Emblema
Eucharist
3. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
International Style
Atrium
Caduceus
Clerestory
4. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Emblema
Chiaroscuro
Mannerism
Concrete
5. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Maesta
Grisaille
Apotheosis
6. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Archivolt
Metope
Emblema
Chimera
7. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Kachina Dolls
Cella
Hiberno-Saxon
Action Painting
8. The Italian word for a drawing
Baldacchino
Disegno
Art Deco
Canon
9. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Jamb
Encaustic
Momento Mori
10. Composition made by combing various materials
Disegno
Expressionism
Baroque
Collage
11. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Eucharist
Expressionism
Disegno
Abstract
12. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Maesta
Gesso
Kachina Dolls
Concrete
13. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Carolingian
Expressionism
Addorsed
Carpet Page
14. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Carpet Page
Chi-Rho-Iota
Jamb
Momento Mori
15. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Disegno
Minimalism
Emblema
Mandorla
16. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Aestetics
Femmage
Canon
17. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Hypostyle Hall
Entasis
Contraposto
Mannerism
18. Having to do with Charlamagne
Gigantomachy
Carolingian
Entasis
Cire Perdue
19. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Mandorla
Emblema
Cire Perdue
Groin Vault
20. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Daguerreotype
Momento Mori
International Style
Chryselephantine
21. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Gouache
Conceptual Art
Caryatid
Collage
22. 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
Momento Mori
Conceptual Art
Disegno
23. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Hypostyle Hall
Baroque
Mandorla
Fauvism
24. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Art Deco
Apotheosis
Altar Piece
Ambulatory
25. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Mandorla
Entasis
Chiton
Balustrade
26. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Butress
Femmage
Expressionism
Horror Vaqui
27. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Impressionism
Futurism
Conceptual Art
Campanile
28. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Chimera
Carolingian
Altar Piece
Gigantomachy
29. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Basilica
Aisle
Installation
Maesta
30. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Aestetics
Chiaroscuro
Campanile
Collage
31. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Action Painting
Maesta
Encaustic
Eucharist
32. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Chiaroscuro
Grisaille
Art Deco
Maesta
33. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Jamb
Action Painting
Apotheosis
Contraposto
34. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Mandorla
Acropolis
Concrete
Fresco
35. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Altar Piece
Cartoon
Eucharist
Minimalism
36. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Maesta
Chryselephantine
Chi-Rho-Iota
Art Deco
37. Concentric bands on arch of church
Butress
Apotheosis
Archivolt
Installation
38. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Horror Vaqui
Minimalism
Mandorla
Canon
39. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Impressionism
Eucharist
Kaaba
Balustrade
40. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Baldacchino
Futurism
Hiberno-Saxon
Installation
41. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Grisaille
Addorsed
Conceptual Art
Expressionism
42. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Aisle
Hiberno-Saxon
Futurism
Chi-Rho-Iota
43. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Maesta
Futurism
Archivolt
Chryselephantine
44. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Caryatid
Burin
Kaaba
Installation
45. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Chiton
Hypostyle Hall
Addorsed
46. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Hard Edge Painting
Baptistery
Atrium
Futurism
47. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Entasis
Expressionism
Altar Piece
Chiton
48. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Groin Vault
Apse
Maesta
Canon
49. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Altar Piece
Dy Point
Archivolt
50. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Femmage
Caduceus
Acropolis
Mannerism