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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived






2. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.






3. Symbol of death -usually a skull






4. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel






5. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.






6. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern






7. Central section of a mosaic






8. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion






9. Female figure used as structural column






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






11. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume






12. Composition made by combing various materials






13. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting






14. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.






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






16. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus






17. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.






18. Concentric bands on arch of church






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






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






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






22. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures






23. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.






24. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced






25. Mythological battles among greek heroes






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






27. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






28. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre






29. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively






30. Side posts of a doorway






31. Associated with E.Catholic Church






32. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue






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






34. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ






35. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca






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






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






38. Painting technique using pigments ground in water






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






40. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces






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






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






43. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot






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






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






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






47. Site for baptism but separate from a church






48. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions






49. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.






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