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AP Art History Vocab
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1. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Horror Vaqui
Art Brut
Hypostyle Hall
Minimalism
2. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Art Nouveau
Grisaille
Apotheosis
3. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Chiton
Art Nouveau
Caduceus
Action Painting
4. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Grisaille
Byzantine
Impressionism
Carpet Page
5. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Chryselephantine
Basilica
Metope
Action Painting
6. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Apotheosis
Fresco
Hiberno-Saxon
Apse
7. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Horror Vaqui
Cartoon
Basilica
Modernism
8. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Kaaba
Altar Piece
Byzantine
Capital
9. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Archivolt
Art Nouveau
Minimalism
10. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Baptistery
Dy Point
Expressionism
Encaustic
11. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Expressionism
Concrete
Addorsed
Acropolis
12. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Mandorla
Kaaba
Burin
Hiberno-Saxon
13. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Capital
International Style
Fauvism
Conceptual Art
14. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Balustrade
Conceptual Art
Hard Edge Painting
International Style
15. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
De Stijl
Campanile
Femmage
Impasto
16. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cella
Kaaba
Gesso
Concrete
17. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Minimalism
Mandorla
Maesta
18. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Burin
Balustrade
Butress
Contraposto
19. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
International Style
Aisle
Modernism
Altar Piece
20. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Chiaroscuro
Constructivism
Kachina Dolls
21. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Femmage
Chiaroscuro
Action Painting
Basilica
22. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Chiton
Butress
Dy Point
Ambulatory
23. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Burin
Art Nouveau
Conceptual Art
Cire Perdue
24. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Impasto
Cubism
International Style
Carolingian
25. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
De Stijl
Ambulatory
Abstract
Caduceus
26. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Mannerism
Anamorphic Image
Clerestory
27. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Chiaroscuro
Aisle
Cire Perdue
Fauvism
28. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Horror Vaqui
Ambulatory
Altar Piece
Art Deco
29. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre
Dada
Hiberno-Saxon
Daguerreotype
Aisle
30. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Art Brut
Etching
Installation
Gouache
31. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Baldacchino
Aestetics
Acropolis
Baptistery
32. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Impasto
Dy Point
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Expressionism
33. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Emblema
Modernism
Impressionism
Fresco
34. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Futurism
Basilica
International Style
Capital
35. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Archivolt
Capital
Hard Edge Painting
Aestetics
36. Composition made by combing various materials
Grisaille
Collage
Baroque
Gigantomachy
37. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Clerestory
Chimera
Aestetics
Earth Art/Environmental Art
38. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
International Style
Chiaroscuro
Entasis
Baptistery
39. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Addorsed
Futurism
Acropolis
Cubism
40. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Chryselephantine
Anamorphic Image
Carolingian
Disegno
41. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Daguerreotype
Encaustic
Impasto
Chi-Rho-Iota
42. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Abstract
Art Deco
Fauvism
Baroque
43. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Ambulatory
Emblema
Entasis
Concrete
44. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Dy Point
Caduceus
Kachina Dolls
Butress
45. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Conceptual Art
Abstract Expressionism
Futurism
Encaustic
46. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Carpet Page
International Style
Kachina Dolls
Acropolis
47. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Kachina Dolls
Etching
Disegno
Horror Vaqui
48. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Abstract
Mandorla
Action Painting
Balustrade
49. Central section of a mosaic
Fauvism
Emblema
Expressionism
De Stijl
50. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Apotheosis
Dada
Conceptual Art
Grisaille