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AP Art History Vocab
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1. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Aestetics
International Style
Baptistery
Art Deco
2. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Apse
Chimera
Disegno
Chryselephantine
3. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Gesso
Mandorla
Cubism
4. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Dy Point
Collage
Acropolis
Butress
5. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Dada
Cartoon
Disegno
Altar Piece
6. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Chimera
Capital
Clerestory
Byzantine
7. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Addorsed
Kaaba
Art Brut
Chiaroscuro
8. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Gigantomachy
Fauvism
Capital
Kachina Dolls
9. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Gesso
Etching
Gigantomachy
Acropolis
10. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Apse
Baptistery
Chimera
11. Female figure used as structural column
Carpet Page
Kaaba
Eucharist
Caryatid
12. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Horror Vaqui
Concrete
Clerestory
Cubism
13. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Fauvism
Ambulatory
Dy Point
Kaaba
14. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Butress
Clerestory
Contraposto
15. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Burin
Mandorla
Encaustic
Canon
16. Central section of a mosaic
Groin Vault
Cella
Emblema
Addorsed
17. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Cartoon
Fauvism
Acropolis
Expressionism
18. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
Chiaroscuro
Baptistery
Kachina Dolls
Abstract Expressionism
19. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Abstract
Futurism
Canon
Modernism
20. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Chiaroscuro
Apotheosis
Conceptual Art
Maesta
21. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Etching
Altar Piece
Minimalism
Kachina Dolls
22. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Aisle
Atrium
Butress
23. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Carolingian
Chryselephantine
Apse
24. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Hard Edge Painting
Mannerism
Impasto
Carolingian
25. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Caryatid
Metope
Kaaba
Aestetics
26. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Kaaba
Archivolt
Hypostyle Hall
Futurism
27. Concentric bands on arch of church
Cella
Constructivism
Archivolt
Expressionism
28. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Mannerism
Impasto
Anamorphic Image
Butress
29. Painting on plaster
Baroque
Fresco
Campanile
Mandorla
30. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Apse
Encaustic
Concrete
Dy Point
31. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
Dada
Clerestory
Basilica
De Stijl
32. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Burin
Gigantomachy
Aisle
Emblema
33. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Burin
Baptistery
Abstract Expressionism
Constructivism
34. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Art Nouveau
Modernism
Hard Edge Painting
Chimera
35. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Chiton
Action Painting
Campanile
Fauvism
36. Uses land as a medium. Great scale - simple form.
Caduceus
Archivolt
Jamb
Earth Art/Environmental Art
37. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Carpet Page
Collage
Fauvism
38. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Baptistery
Entasis
Installation
Atrium
39. Side posts of a doorway
Horror Vaqui
Gouache
Conceptual Art
Jamb
40. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Kachina Dolls
Chryselephantine
Butress
Aisle
41. Having to do with Charlamagne
Addorsed
Eucharist
Carolingian
Cartoon
42. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Caryatid
Momento Mori
Chi-Rho-Iota
Hypostyle Hall
43. The Italian word for a drawing
Kaaba
Disegno
Baroque
Altar Piece
44. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature
Impressionism
Cartoon
Art Brut
Emblema
45. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Canon
Femmage
Mandorla
Chi-Rho-Iota
46. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Cartoon
Balustrade
Etching
Art Deco
47. Rule applied to proportion
Atrium
Chiaroscuro
Art Nouveau
Canon
48. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Momento Mori
Hiberno-Saxon
Basilica
Installation
49. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Cella
Gouache
Atrium
Grisaille
50. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Groin Vault
Chimera
Mandorla
Art Nouveau