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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Altar Piece
Butress
Art Brut
De Stijl
2. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Abstract
Baptistery
Art Brut
Chi-Rho-Iota
3. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Anamorphic Image
Chimera
Archivolt
Fauvism
4. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Anamorphic Image
Gouache
Chiton
Expressionism
5. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Baptistery
Installation
Anamorphic Image
Art Nouveau
6. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Clerestory
Cartoon
Art Nouveau
Eucharist
7. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Dy Point
Cella
International Style
Canon
8. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Metope
Constructivism
Cubism
Balustrade
9. Female figure used as structural column
Anamorphic Image
Caryatid
Clerestory
Femmage
10. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Mandorla
Abstract Expressionism
Gigantomachy
11. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Carolingian
Hypostyle Hall
Action Painting
Modernism
12. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Disegno
Eucharist
Clerestory
Chi-Rho-Iota
13. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Kachina Dolls
Baptistery
Altar Piece
14. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Hiberno-Saxon
Femmage
Apotheosis
Clerestory
15. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Apse
Abstract
Art Brut
16. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Impasto
Chryselephantine
Eucharist
Aisle
17. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Art Brut
Cubism
Baptistery
Gesso
18. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Jamb
Horror Vaqui
Cartoon
Art Deco
19. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Atrium
Fresco
Art Nouveau
Burin
20. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Conceptual Art
Campanile
Impressionism
Clerestory
21. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Collage
Hard Edge Painting
Impasto
Femmage
22. Rule applied to proportion
Clerestory
Canon
Metope
Chi-Rho-Iota
23. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Baptistery
Altar Piece
Encaustic
Addorsed
24. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Action Painting
Cire Perdue
Kaaba
Hard Edge Painting
25. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Clerestory
Art Deco
Aisle
Abstract Expressionism
26. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Etching
Chiaroscuro
Gouache
Conceptual Art
27. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Balustrade
Contraposto
Cella
Action Painting
28. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Ambulatory
Aisle
Metope
Clerestory
29. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Installation
Chi-Rho-Iota
Altar Piece
30. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Basilica
Constructivism
Kachina Dolls
Contraposto
31. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Futurism
Aisle
Fauvism
Impressionism
32. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Momento Mori
Canon
Concrete
33. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Balustrade
Metope
Caduceus
Constructivism
34. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Entasis
Gouache
Momento Mori
Conceptual Art
35. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Chimera
Capital
Mandorla
Aestetics
36. Central section of a mosaic
Mannerism
Gigantomachy
Emblema
Kaaba
37. Side posts of a doorway
Art Deco
Cubism
Jamb
International Style
38. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Groin Vault
Carolingian
Chi-Rho-Iota
Dy Point
39. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Addorsed
Grisaille
Eucharist
Mannerism
40. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Abstract Expressionism
Cella
Balustrade
41. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Maesta
Metope
Contraposto
Canon
42. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Altar Piece
Carolingian
Art Deco
Apotheosis
43. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Futurism
International Style
Basilica
Gigantomachy
44. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Contraposto
Dy Point
Canon
Clerestory
45. Painting on plaster
Futurism
Conceptual Art
Abstract
Fresco
46. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Conceptual Art
Butress
Horror Vaqui
Abstract
47. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Cella
Action Painting
Kachina Dolls
Cubism
48. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Campanile
Mandorla
Cartoon
Art Nouveau
49. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Anamorphic Image
Gouache
Apse
International Style
50. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
International Style
Chiton
Addorsed
Contraposto
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