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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Baptistery
Gigantomachy
Art Deco
Concrete
2. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Baroque
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Fauvism
Mandorla
3. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Campanile
Carolingian
Jamb
Chryselephantine
4. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Fresco
Expressionism
Cella
Cartoon
5. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Cartoon
Momento Mori
Canon
Gouache
6. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Art Nouveau
Kachina Dolls
Impasto
Conceptual Art
7. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Entasis
Jamb
Installation
Groin Vault
8. Concentric bands on arch of church
Archivolt
Campanile
Cartoon
Acropolis
9. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Carpet Page
Chi-Rho-Iota
Cartoon
Earth Art/Environmental Art
10. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Carolingian
Chiton
Dy Point
Cartoon
11. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Constructivism
Concrete
Apotheosis
12. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Maesta
Eucharist
Momento Mori
Byzantine
13. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Aestetics
Art Brut
Art Nouveau
Groin Vault
14. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Femmage
Mannerism
Chiaroscuro
Balustrade
15. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
Cartoon
Canon
Cire Perdue
16. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Baptistery
Gouache
Futurism
Carolingian
17. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Anamorphic Image
Baptistery
Caryatid
Groin Vault
18. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Clerestory
Basilica
Maesta
Anamorphic Image
19. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Baroque
Aestetics
Expressionism
Impasto
20. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Horror Vaqui
Minimalism
Gigantomachy
Metope
21. Central section of a mosaic
Gouache
Emblema
Femmage
Etching
22. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Atrium
Kaaba
Kachina Dolls
Cire Perdue
23. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Action Painting
Kaaba
Kachina Dolls
Femmage
24. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Dada
Art Deco
Carpet Page
Acropolis
25. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Atrium
Maesta
Byzantine
Abstract Expressionism
26. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Cella
Abstract Expressionism
Daguerreotype
Cire Perdue
27. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Fauvism
Aisle
Cella
Encaustic
28. Having to do with Charlamagne
Carolingian
Art Deco
Carpet Page
Altar Piece
29. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Archivolt
Altar Piece
Encaustic
30. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Canon
Impasto
Campanile
Burin
31. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Impressionism
Hiberno-Saxon
Mandorla
Eucharist
32. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Grisaille
Chimera
Baptistery
Clerestory
33. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Impasto
Balustrade
Aisle
Ambulatory
34. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Capital
Contraposto
Caduceus
Grisaille
35. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Daguerreotype
Caryatid
Apse
Action Painting
36. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Encaustic
Minimalism
Ambulatory
De Stijl
37. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Carolingian
Femmage
Apse
Jamb
38. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Mandorla
Fresco
Hypostyle Hall
Gesso
39. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Burin
Acropolis
Art Brut
Caryatid
40. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Etching
Impressionism
Altar Piece
Fresco
41. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Horror Vaqui
Minimalism
Modernism
Apse
42. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Apotheosis
Art Deco
Balustrade
International Style
43. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Modernism
Metope
Collage
Cella
44. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Installation
Caryatid
Femmage
45. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Gigantomachy
Capital
Chimera
46. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Fresco
Aisle
Kachina Dolls
47. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Hard Edge Painting
Gigantomachy
Concrete
Chimera
48. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Art Brut
Conceptual Art
Cella
Carolingian
49. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
De Stijl
Altar Piece
Collage
Jamb
50. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Gouache
Chiaroscuro
Art Deco
Aestetics