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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Art Deco
Mandorla
De Stijl
Concrete
2. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Impressionism
Mandorla
Hiberno-Saxon
3. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Atrium
Metope
Chi-Rho-Iota
Aestetics
4. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Art Nouveau
Eucharist
Apse
Fresco
5. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Entasis
Art Brut
Gouache
Dy Point
6. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Cire Perdue
Cubism
Hypostyle Hall
Conceptual Art
7. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Ambulatory
Archivolt
Chi-Rho-Iota
Cubism
8. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Aestetics
Daguerreotype
Campanile
Grisaille
9. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Abstract Expressionism
Futurism
Kachina Dolls
Femmage
10. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
International Style
Art Nouveau
Metope
Baroque
11. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Hard Edge Painting
Cella
Horror Vaqui
Canon
12. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Encaustic
Metope
Mannerism
Femmage
13. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Carpet Page
Addorsed
Momento Mori
Gigantomachy
14. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Atrium
Balustrade
Momento Mori
15. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Apotheosis
Art Nouveau
Carpet Page
Impasto
16. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Mandorla
Conceptual Art
Femmage
Cartoon
17. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Art Deco
Atrium
Carolingian
18. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Baptistery
Fresco
Basilica
Impasto
19. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively
Eucharist
Impressionism
Burin
Gigantomachy
20. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Byzantine
Impasto
Capital
Impressionism
21. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Hiberno-Saxon
Art Deco
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Minimalism
22. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Archivolt
International Style
Ambulatory
23. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Hiberno-Saxon
Addorsed
Art Deco
Grisaille
24. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Femmage
Chiton
Hiberno-Saxon
Apotheosis
25. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Butress
Apotheosis
Groin Vault
Dada
26. Side posts of a doorway
Horror Vaqui
Constructivism
Jamb
Art Deco
27. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Kachina Dolls
Carolingian
Butress
Action Painting
28. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Hard Edge Painting
Contraposto
Carpet Page
Campanile
29. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Minimalism
Art Brut
Addorsed
Action Painting
30. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Atrium
Futurism
Disegno
Archivolt
31. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Grisaille
Abstract
Hiberno-Saxon
Etching
32. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Disegno
Installation
Emblema
33. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Minimalism
Ambulatory
Caduceus
Burin
34. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Momento Mori
Installation
Ambulatory
Gigantomachy
35. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Gesso
Chi-Rho-Iota
Impasto
Ambulatory
36. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting
Caryatid
Maesta
Cartoon
Cire Perdue
37. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Encaustic
Aisle
Carolingian
Altar Piece
38. Rule applied to proportion
Ambulatory
Canon
Chimera
Collage
39. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Conceptual Art
Aestetics
Caryatid
Chiton
40. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Art Brut
Basilica
Capital
Aestetics
41. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Ambulatory
Basilica
Art Brut
Earth Art/Environmental Art
42. Concentric bands on arch of church
Butress
Clerestory
Archivolt
Jamb
43. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Anamorphic Image
Action Painting
Abstract
Altar Piece
44. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Conceptual Art
Dada
Capital
Baroque
45. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Apse
Expressionism
Emblema
Ambulatory
46. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Cella
Jamb
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Caduceus
47. Painting on plaster
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Fauvism
Action Painting
Fresco
48. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Acropolis
Ambulatory
Modernism
Disegno
49. Having to do with Charlamagne
Chryselephantine
Carolingian
Hypostyle Hall
Addorsed
50. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Impasto
Chiaroscuro
Abstract
Minimalism
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