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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building






2. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass






3. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .






4. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures






5. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.






6. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product






7. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms






8. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery






9. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature






10. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.






11. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting






12. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms






13. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure






14. Symbol of death -usually a skull






15. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.






16. Painting technique using pigments ground in water






17. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.






18. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.






19. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces






20. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish






21. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca






22. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave






23. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate






24. Mythological battles among greek heroes






25. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre






26. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.






27. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.






28. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources






29. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.






30. Painting on plaster






31. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters






32. Side posts of a doorway






33. Central section of a mosaic






34. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt






35. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






36. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces






37. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.






38. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures






39. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism






40. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting






41. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like






42. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.






43. Composition made by combing various materials






44. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.






45. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces






46. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression






47. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.






48. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived






49. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd






50. Bell tower separate from the main church building