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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Daguerreotype
Mandorla
Hard Edge Painting
Canon
2. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Baptistery
Contraposto
Minimalism
Carpet Page
3. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Grisaille
Jamb
Entasis
De Stijl
4. Having to do with Charlamagne
Carolingian
Horror Vaqui
Daguerreotype
Kachina Dolls
5. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
International Style
Maesta
Minimalism
Emblema
6. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Encaustic
Carpet Page
Concrete
Aisle
7. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Gigantomachy
Hard Edge Painting
Kaaba
8. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Groin Vault
Aisle
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Acropolis
9. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Momento Mori
Apse
Contraposto
Kaaba
10. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Emblema
Kaaba
Grisaille
Impasto
11. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
International Style
Chiton
Capital
Fauvism
12. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Cubism
Minimalism
Metope
Collage
13. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Campanile
Anamorphic Image
Chryselephantine
Addorsed
14. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Hypostyle Hall
Abstract
Kachina Dolls
Altar Piece
15. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Art Nouveau
Chi-Rho-Iota
Impasto
Femmage
16. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Kachina Dolls
Cire Perdue
Apotheosis
Chiton
17. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Baptistery
Mannerism
Abstract Expressionism
Atrium
18. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Fauvism
Daguerreotype
Momento Mori
Impasto
19. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Balustrade
Apse
Cartoon
Carpet Page
20. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Aestetics
Baptistery
Art Brut
21. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Maesta
Caduceus
Gesso
Basilica
22. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Archivolt
Altar Piece
Apse
23. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Constructivism
Baroque
Campanile
Installation
24. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Chi-Rho-Iota
Fresco
Hard Edge Painting
Modernism
25. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Ambulatory
Jamb
Altar Piece
Baptistery
26. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Hypostyle Hall
Cartoon
Art Brut
Capital
27. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Clerestory
De Stijl
Hiberno-Saxon
28. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Chimera
International Style
Cire Perdue
29. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Burin
Eucharist
Cella
Mandorla
30. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Hard Edge Painting
Dada
Capital
31. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
De Stijl
Hypostyle Hall
Anamorphic Image
Kaaba
32. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Expressionism
Hard Edge Painting
Dada
Emblema
33. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Byzantine
Horror Vaqui
Concrete
Grisaille
34. Composition made by combing various materials
Grisaille
Collage
Constructivism
Baldacchino
35. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Minimalism
Gigantomachy
Conceptual Art
Chimera
36. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Hypostyle Hall
Altar Piece
Mandorla
37. Rule applied to proportion
Groin Vault
Anamorphic Image
Canon
Baroque
38. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Abstract Expressionism
Conceptual Art
Archivolt
Baptistery
39. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Ambulatory
Encaustic
International Style
40. Painting on plaster
Hypostyle Hall
Canon
Futurism
Fresco
41. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Hard Edge Painting
Chi-Rho-Iota
Horror Vaqui
Burin
42. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Chiaroscuro
Mandorla
Cubism
Apotheosis
43. Side posts of a doorway
Jamb
Acropolis
Canon
Apotheosis
44. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Momento Mori
Basilica
Art Nouveau
Horror Vaqui
45. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Hiberno-Saxon
Collage
Fauvism
Baldacchino
46. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Chiton
Basilica
Anamorphic Image
Emblema
47. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Acropolis
Emblema
Impasto
Metope
48. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Cella
Caduceus
Art Brut
Chiaroscuro
49. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Caduceus
Kaaba
Cire Perdue
Archivolt
50. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Gigantomachy
Impressionism
Cella
Caduceus