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AP Art History Vocab
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1. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Caduceus
Chimera
Minimalism
Atrium
2. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Art Deco
Basilica
Mannerism
Femmage
3. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Constructivism
Impasto
Minimalism
Chiton
4. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms
Emblema
Cubism
Encaustic
Concrete
5. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Byzantine
Emblema
Mannerism
Aisle
6. Late 19th cent movement that focused on synthesis of all arts in creation of natural forms that could be mass produced
Caduceus
Addorsed
Art Nouveau
Byzantine
7. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Impasto
Abstract Expressionism
Kachina Dolls
Dy Point
8. Torso pointing in one direction and shoulders - arm -s or legs in another with weight unevenly distributed.
Disegno
Chiton
Gouache
Contraposto
9. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Gigantomachy
Addorsed
Metope
Fauvism
10. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave
Apse
Apotheosis
Mandorla
Carpet Page
11. Elaborate - flowery - grandoise art and architecture. Associated with rococo design --> elegant furniture - ornamental mirrors - and extravagant detail.
Baroque
Baptistery
Balustrade
Dy Point
12. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Aisle
Aestetics
Basilica
Abstract
13. 'Fear of empty space' meaning total covering of space with pattern. Popular in ISlamic and Hiberno Saxon art
Art Brut
Collage
Horror Vaqui
Grisaille
14. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Collage
Caduceus
Apotheosis
Carpet Page
15. Site for baptism but separate from a church
Modernism
Caryatid
Baptistery
Chimera
16. The Italian word for a drawing
Impressionism
Chryselephantine
Disegno
Concrete
17. Grays and monochrome used to shade a painting. Most frequently in outer sides of altarpieces
Grisaille
Art Deco
Modernism
Aisle
18. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Campanile
Capital
Apse
Aestetics
19. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Baldacchino
Kachina Dolls
Carpet Page
Jamb
20. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Addorsed
Collage
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Femmage
21. Painting on plaster
Mandorla
Aisle
Fresco
Chiton
22. Plaster mixed with a binding material. Sometimes to prepare wood panels for altarpieces
Art Brut
Burin
Gesso
Chi-Rho-Iota
23. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Gesso
Art Nouveau
Cire Perdue
Mandorla
24. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters
Byzantine
Caryatid
Momento Mori
Baldacchino
25. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Ambulatory
Gesso
Gouache
Constructivism
26. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Installation
International Style
Abstract
27. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Caryatid
Anamorphic Image
Clerestory
Chryselephantine
28. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Maesta
Concrete
Acropolis
Entasis
29. Associated with E.Catholic Church
Chi-Rho-Iota
Canon
Byzantine
Cubism
30. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Maesta
De Stijl
Dy Point
Impasto
31. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Mandorla
Encaustic
Expressionism
Fauvism
32. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Hiberno-Saxon
Apotheosis
Ambulatory
Entasis
33. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Cartoon
Balustrade
Mannerism
Archivolt
34. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Aestetics
Fauvism
Kaaba
Jamb
35. Space between triglyphs in a Dporic frieze carved with a relief figure
Metope
Chiton
Gigantomachy
Byzantine
36. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults
Conceptual Art
Installation
Groin Vault
Archivolt
37. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Futurism
Byzantine
Chryselephantine
Butress
38. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
International Style
Apotheosis
Caryatid
Dada
39. Greek monster with head and body of a lion - trail of a serpant/dragon - and 2nd head of a goat from the butt
Mandorla
Carpet Page
Chimera
Cella
40. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Carpet Page
Action Painting
Gigantomachy
Kachina Dolls
41. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Cella
Capital
Basilica
Gouache
42. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.
Baptistery
Canon
Clerestory
Hypostyle Hall
43. A sculptural medium made of ivory and gold. Known especially in the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Chryselephantine
Aisle
Butress
Abstract Expressionism
44. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Fauvism
Cire Perdue
Gouache
Caduceus
45. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Cubism
Clerestory
Eucharist
Momento Mori
46. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Futurism
Chimera
Burin
Art Brut
47. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Mandorla
International Style
Installation
Emblema
48. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Contraposto
Concrete
Caduceus
Abstract Expressionism
49. Composition made by combing various materials
Momento Mori
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Collage
Chiaroscuro
50. Engraving on a metal plate covered in a protective wax. Incised parts are etched when surface is bathed in acid.
Etching
De Stijl
Contraposto
Balustrade