Test your basic knowledge |

AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.






2. Referring to medieval art of British Isles






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






4. Site for baptism but separate from a church






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






6. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.






7. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon






8. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting






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






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






11. Side posts of a doorway






12. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.






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






14. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults






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






16. Bell tower separate from the main church building






17. Mythological battles among greek heroes






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






19. Having to do with Charlamagne






20. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures






21. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion






22. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house






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






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






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






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






27. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon






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






29. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling






30. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca






31. Composition made by combing various materials






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






33. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base






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






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






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






37. Central section of a mosaic






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






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






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






41. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer






42. Female figure used as structural column






43. Associated with E.Catholic Church






44. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue






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






46. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate






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






48. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ






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






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