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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
De Stijl
Grisaille
Baldacchino
Hard Edge Painting
2. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Concrete
Apse
Baptistery
Cire Perdue
3. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Collage
Futurism
Fauvism
Hiberno-Saxon
4. Composition made by combing various materials
Collage
Capital
Aestetics
Fresco
5. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Kaaba
Baptistery
Cubism
Butress
6. Painting on plaster
Atrium
Acropolis
Fresco
Baroque
7. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base
Carpet Page
Altar Piece
Anamorphic Image
Acropolis
8. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate
Collage
Contraposto
Apse
Burin
9. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.
Impasto
Groin Vault
Basilica
Chryselephantine
10. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Femmage
Kaaba
Groin Vault
Impasto
11. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Kaaba
Campanile
Atrium
Entasis
12. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Action Painting
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Aestetics
13. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Chimera
Etching
Abstract
Metope
14. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue
Hard Edge Painting
Mannerism
Cire Perdue
Groin Vault
15. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Maesta
Ambulatory
Kaaba
Campanile
16. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Capital
Jamb
Concrete
Kaaba
17. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms
International Style
De Stijl
Altar Piece
Art Deco
18. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Fauvism
Acropolis
Byzantine
Etching
19. The Italian word for a drawing
Impasto
Disegno
Kaaba
Baroque
20. Side posts of a doorway
Clerestory
Jamb
Conceptual Art
Emblema
21. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.
Horror Vaqui
Baroque
International Style
Basilica
22. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Aestetics
Art Deco
Momento Mori
Altar Piece
23. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Chi-Rho-Iota
Impressionism
Chiaroscuro
Hiberno-Saxon
24. Having to do with Charlamagne
Caduceus
Chiton
Carolingian
Modernism
25. Rule applied to proportion
Canon
Baldacchino
Balustrade
Daguerreotype
26. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Contraposto
Gigantomachy
Entasis
Art Brut
27. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Constructivism
Cubism
Entasis
Earth Art/Environmental Art
28. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Chiton
Apotheosis
De Stijl
Ambulatory
29. Female figure used as structural column
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Caryatid
Chi-Rho-Iota
30. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Canon
Encaustic
Acropolis
Horror Vaqui
31. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Hypostyle Hall
Chryselephantine
Cubism
Kachina Dolls
32. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Art Deco
Balustrade
Abstract Expressionism
33. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Chimera
Encaustic
Art Brut
Cubism
34. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Aestetics
Groin Vault
Cartoon
Capital
35. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Futurism
Mannerism
Apotheosis
Cubism
36. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Mandorla
Entasis
Expressionism
Carpet Page
37. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Contraposto
Hypostyle Hall
Abstract
Femmage
38. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Balustrade
Basilica
Carpet Page
Kaaba
39. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact
Butress
Mandorla
Carolingian
Expressionism
40. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Aestetics
Chiton
Caryatid
Contraposto
41. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Gesso
Altar Piece
Etching
Chryselephantine
42. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Concrete
Atrium
Caduceus
Entasis
43. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Hypostyle Hall
Art Nouveau
Caryatid
44. Central section of a mosaic
Baldacchino
Cire Perdue
Emblema
Baroque
45. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Chryselephantine
Burin
Chiton
46. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Carolingian
Maesta
Altar Piece
Baptistery
47. Covered walkway outdoors in a cloister - or covered walkway indoors in a church following the apse.
Cire Perdue
Modernism
Ambulatory
Conceptual Art
48. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Basilica
Baptistery
De Stijl
49. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Gesso
Basilica
Impasto
Contraposto
50. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Mandorla
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Encaustic
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