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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Baptistery
International Style
Expressionism
Art Nouveau
2. Central section of a mosaic
International Style
Emblema
Installation
Art Nouveau
3. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Chiaroscuro
Expressionism
Entasis
Hiberno-Saxon
4. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Clerestory
Kaaba
Gesso
De Stijl
5. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Dy Point
Cella
Femmage
Mandorla
6. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Apotheosis
International Style
Art Brut
7. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Metope
Etching
Gesso
Art Brut
8. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Burin
Daguerreotype
Baroque
Maesta
9. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Contraposto
Etching
Archivolt
10. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Entasis
Hard Edge Painting
Horror Vaqui
Hiberno-Saxon
11. Rule applied to proportion
Chiaroscuro
Canon
Acropolis
Dy Point
12. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Cubism
Campanile
Dy Point
Daguerreotype
13. The Italian word for a drawing
Disegno
Burin
Minimalism
Entasis
14. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Hypostyle Hall
Addorsed
Campanile
Jamb
15. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Fauvism
Entasis
Ambulatory
Kaaba
16. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Minimalism
Action Painting
Cire Perdue
Art Nouveau
17. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Baldacchino
Chiton
Emblema
Action Painting
18. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Installation
Chimera
Chiton
Acropolis
19. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Femmage
Cire Perdue
Futurism
20. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Conceptual Art
Concrete
Dada
Kaaba
21. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Cubism
Dy Point
Gigantomachy
Horror Vaqui
22. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Art Brut
Apotheosis
Cartoon
Kachina Dolls
23. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Installation
Carpet Page
Eucharist
Anamorphic Image
24. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Impressionism
Chiton
Clerestory
Addorsed
25. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Art Nouveau
Groin Vault
Gesso
Mandorla
26. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Emblema
Abstract Expressionism
Chi-Rho-Iota
Fauvism
27. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Dy Point
Grisaille
Fresco
De Stijl
28. Female figure used as structural column
Encaustic
Fauvism
Caryatid
Action Painting
29. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Disegno
Gouache
Hard Edge Painting
30. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Carpet Page
Hypostyle Hall
Hard Edge Painting
Modernism
31. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Installation
Chryselephantine
Maesta
Femmage
32. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Dada
Hiberno-Saxon
Emblema
33. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Fauvism
Capital
Kachina Dolls
Baldacchino
34. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Collage
Baldacchino
Impressionism
35. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Butress
Apotheosis
Kaaba
36. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Canon
Modernism
Fresco
Ambulatory
37. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Cire Perdue
Hiberno-Saxon
Impasto
Chryselephantine
38. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Encaustic
Clerestory
Contraposto
Baldacchino
39. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Expressionism
De Stijl
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Mannerism
40. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Contraposto
Grisaille
Abstract Expressionism
Carpet Page
41. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Action Painting
Chimera
Eucharist
Entasis
42. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Gesso
Chryselephantine
Butress
Chiaroscuro
43. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Groin Vault
Conceptual Art
Altar Piece
Baptistery
44. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Addorsed
Gouache
Encaustic
45. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Eucharist
Dada
Altar Piece
Cartoon
46. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Daguerreotype
Apotheosis
Etching
Anamorphic Image
47. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Eucharist
Collage
Basilica
Abstract Expressionism
48. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Anamorphic Image
Eucharist
Etching
Butress
49. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Horror Vaqui
Atrium
Butress
Gouache
50. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Contraposto
Burin
Cire Perdue
Conceptual Art