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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature






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






3. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate






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






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






6. The Italian word for a drawing






7. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion






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






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






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






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






12. Concentric bands on arch of church






13. Site for baptism but separate from a church






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






15. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house






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






17. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.






18. Symbol of death -usually a skull






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






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






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






22. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ






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






24. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.






25. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.






26. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .






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






28. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art






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






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






31. Painting technique using pigments ground in water






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






33. Central section of a mosaic






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






35. Rule applied to proportion






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






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






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






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






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






41. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers






42. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






43. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue






44. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre






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






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






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






48. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces






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






50. Referring to medieval art of British Isles