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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Associated with E.Catholic Church






2. Late 19th cent movement attempting to capture fleeting moment of nature






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






4. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions






5. Public building used for assembly. Evolved from Greek and Roman Tempe. Foundation of axial plane: entrance at short end with apse at eastern end.






6. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.






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






8. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces






9. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion






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






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






12. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.






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






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






15. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house






16. Composition made by combing various materials






17. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt






18. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.






19. Concentric bands on arch of church






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






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






22. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced






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






24. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression






25. Bell tower separate from the main church building






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






27. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.






28. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






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






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






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






32. Art movement that focused on idealistic - utopian and geometric forms






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






34. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue






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






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






37. Referring to medieval art of British Isles






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






39. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca






40. Female figure used as structural column






41. Symbol of death -usually a skull






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






43. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.






44. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery






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






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






47. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence






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






49. Side posts of a doorway






50. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism






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