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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.
Chiton
Gouache
International Style
Grisaille
2. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer
International Style
Abstract
Abstract Expressionism
Grisaille
3. Rule applied to proportion
Clerestory
Cartoon
Dy Point
Canon
4. 3 first letters in Greek spelling of Christ
Baroque
Chi-Rho-Iota
Carolingian
Cire Perdue
5. Portion of church bordering the nave - but separated from nave by columns of piers
Cartoon
Aisle
Conceptual Art
Baptistery
6. Medieval pages that are illuminated and decorative. Looks like cloth.
Grisaille
Carpet Page
Caduceus
Campanile
7. Feminist college by Miriam Schaprio. Assembled fabrics associated with women - and using techniques often used by women.
Mandorla
Carolingian
Modernism
Femmage
8. Symbol of death -usually a skull
Momento Mori
Canon
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Apotheosis
9. Exterior masonry support opposing the lateral thrust of a vault.
Butress
Hypostyle Hall
Fresco
Mandorla
10. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon
Acropolis
Entasis
Metope
Cella
11. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like
Collage
Expressionism
Gigantomachy
Chiton
12. Composition made by combing various materials
Baptistery
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Chimera
Collage
13. Female figure used as structural column
Encaustic
Grisaille
Caryatid
Concrete
14. Term used by Jean Dubuffet to describe art that is untaught and brutish
Femmage
Art Brut
Burin
Altar Piece
15. Early 20th cent movement of artists who advocated revolution against all forms of traditional values and styles.
Abstract Expressionism
Etching
Addorsed
Futurism
16. Post-modernist art creating an environment in a room or gallery
Apse
Aestetics
Groin Vault
Installation
17. Modeling with light and dark in a drawing to create depth and volume
Grisaille
Chiaroscuro
Butress
Constructivism
18. Central section of a mosaic
Mandorla
Hypostyle Hall
Aestetics
Emblema
19. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.
Chimera
Disegno
Mandorla
Hypostyle Hall
20. Name of an image that depicts an anthroned virgin mary and baby jesus
Cubism
Butress
Maesta
Abstract Expressionism
21. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion
Entasis
Hypostyle Hall
Emblema
Fresco
22. Refrence to elevation in clouds and heaven - which includes angelic and historical figures
Dada
Apotheosis
Caduceus
Femmage
23. Back to back columns with lions to indicated 4 directions
Addorsed
Eucharist
Carpet Page
Jamb
24. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel
Gouache
Concrete
Gesso
Jamb
25. Engraving in which image is cut into the plate NOT with a burin - but a steel pencil like tool .
Dy Point
Gesso
Caduceus
Chi-Rho-Iota
26. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass
Groin Vault
Altar Piece
Constructivism
Baptistery
27. Mythological battles among greek heroes
Eucharist
Mannerism
Gigantomachy
Aisle
28. Art movement in response to nihilism and horror of WWI. Rejection of art and civilizations that produced it in favor of the absurd
Dada
Apse
Minimalism
Cubism
29. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building
Chi-Rho-Iota
Collage
Art Deco
Constructivism
30. Rod in Greek mythology intertwined with serpents and magical powers. Most commonly associated with Hermes and medical symbolism
Caduceus
Constructivism
Art Deco
Cella
31. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures
Hard Edge Painting
Eucharist
Maesta
Cire Perdue
32. Art movement that captured the spirit of 1850s+. After WWII - associated with formalism.
Kachina Dolls
Modernism
Entasis
Butress
33. Distorted image that must be viewed in a special way or angle to be correctly perceived
Anamorphic Image
Art Nouveau
Altar Piece
Metope
34. Bell tower separate from the main church building
Kachina Dolls
Acropolis
Groin Vault
Campanile
35. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces
Balustrade
Impasto
Byzantine
Chiaroscuro
36. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern
Fauvism
Aestetics
Dy Point
Daguerreotype
37. LAte Renaissance movement in which mannerisms were used to evoke emotional expression
Mannerism
Impressionism
Impasto
Canon
38. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources
Dy Point
Art Deco
Kachina Dolls
Installation
39. Painting on plaster
Fresco
Impressionism
Action Painting
Daguerreotype
40. Theory about nature of art - expression - and beauty.
Groin Vault
Byzantine
Futurism
Aestetics
41. Black cube symbolizing the center of Islam in Mecca
Constructivism
Kaaba
Cubism
Hiberno-Saxon
42. Abstract painting in which the gesture is seen as the subject of the painting
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Action Painting
Mandorla
Chryselephantine
43. Row of vase shape columns with a railing on top - a decorative fence
Baptistery
Balustrade
Emblema
Abstract Expressionism
44. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.
Gesso
Cella
Capital
Jamb
45. Referring to medieval art of British Isles
Installation
Acropolis
Hiberno-Saxon
Art Deco
46. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot
Balustrade
Expressionism
Encaustic
De Stijl
47. Space opens to sky in an ancient Roman house
Impressionism
Dy Point
Aisle
Atrium
48. Highest point in Greek city-state - specifically Athens.
Apse
Cartoon
Hypostyle Hall
Acropolis
49. Having to do with Charlamagne
Impasto
Chimera
Carpet Page
Carolingian
50. Painting technique using pigments ground in water
Eucharist
Gouache
Earth Art/Environmental Art
Gigantomachy