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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Acropolis
Entasis
Baldacchino
Contraposto
2. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Gigantomachy
Art Brut
Kaaba
Action Painting
3. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Hiberno-Saxon
Art Deco
Encaustic
Art Nouveau
4. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Clerestory
Apse
Baroque
Chimera
5. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Abstract Expressionism
Butress
Constructivism
Mandorla
6. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Daguerreotype
Collage
Horror Vaqui
Aestetics
7. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Addorsed
Mannerism
Hypostyle Hall
Gigantomachy
8. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Abstract Expressionism
Acropolis
Chi-Rho-Iota
Encaustic
9. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Kaaba
Ambulatory
Baptistery
Dy Point
10. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Chryselephantine
Campanile
Modernism
Ambulatory
11. Area of a church rising above other parts. Along the nave in churches and right below the ceiling
Mandorla
Clerestory
Campanile
Archivolt
12. American avant-garde movement of the 1960s that stressed the ideas of the artist rather than the final product
Expressionism
Fauvism
Conceptual Art
Altar Piece
13. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Archivolt
Cartoon
Expressionism
Chimera
14. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Dada
Concrete
Gigantomachy
Butress
15. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Anamorphic Image
Canon
Apotheosis
Conceptual Art
16. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Disegno
Gesso
Impasto
Etching
17. Rule applied to proportion
Constructivism
Expressionism
Canon
Addorsed
18. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Groin Vault
Atrium
Fresco
Butress
19. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Hypostyle Hall
Addorsed
Modernism
Dy Point
20. Having to do with Charlamagne
Emblema
Caduceus
Carolingian
Entasis
21. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Chi-Rho-Iota
Apotheosis
Carolingian
Encaustic
22. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Chimera
Caduceus
Carpet Page
Abstract
23. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Cella
Caduceus
Chi-Rho-Iota
Kachina Dolls
24. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Clerestory
Chiton
Action Painting
Grisaille
25. The Italian word for a drawing
Disegno
Archivolt
Aestetics
Gouache
26. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Balustrade
Entasis
Basilica
Impasto
27. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Constructivism
Disegno
Gouache
Daguerreotype
28. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Hiberno-Saxon
Basilica
Impressionism
Atrium
29. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Metope
Campanile
Kachina Dolls
Ambulatory
30. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Gigantomachy
Chimera
Grisaille
Contraposto
31. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Atrium
Gesso
Chimera
Carolingian
32. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Caduceus
Byzantine
Fresco
De Stijl
33. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Impasto
Kaaba
Art Brut
Carolingian
34. Central section of a mosaic
Emblema
Apse
Art Nouveau
Grisaille
35. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Baptistery
Concrete
Byzantine
Basilica
36. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Concrete
Chryselephantine
Installation
Addorsed
37. Female figure used as structural column
Altar Piece
Gigantomachy
Cella
Caryatid
38. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Ambulatory
Futurism
Chimera
Mannerism
39. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Kachina Dolls
Collage
Art Nouveau
Fauvism
40. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Anamorphic Image
Byzantine
Addorsed
Constructivism
41. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Dy Point
Impressionism
Expressionism
Carpet Page
42. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Acropolis
Byzantine
Apotheosis
43. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Hiberno-Saxon
Chi-Rho-Iota
Carpet Page
Gouache
44. Side posts of a doorway
Jamb
Art Brut
Butress
Metope
45. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Chryselephantine
Cubism
Disegno
Abstract
46. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.
Cubism
Minimalism
Butress
Aestetics
47. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Capital
Groin Vault
Baroque
Burin
48. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Installation
Impressionism
Mannerism
Caduceus
49. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Collage
Mannerism
Anamorphic Image
Altar Piece
50. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Emblema
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Abstract
Kaaba