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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.






2. Female figure used as structural column






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






4. Movement dominated by Naum Gabo. Building structures piece by piece rather than by modeling. Using volume of space and mass






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






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






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






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






9. Side posts of a doorway






10. The Italian word for a drawing






11. Using simple geometric figures rather than gestures






12. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






13. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults






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






15. Painting technique using pigments ground in water






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






17. Composition made by combing various materials






18. Painting on plaster






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






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






21. Associated with E.Catholic Church






22. Movement that defined industrial design as art. Used decorative patterns that were elongated and symmetrical. Ex: Chrysler Building






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






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






25. Painting applied with thick - heavy surfaces






26. Early 20th cent movement that rejected naturalistic deception of shapes and forms






27. Pain mixed with hot wax - and applied to painting while still hot






28. A greek chambre in the nave where a cult statue would stand. Most famous in the Parthenon






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






30. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting






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






32. Swelling of shaft to adjust for optical allusion






33. Symbol of death -usually a skull






34. Building material devised by ancient romans. Made of lime - volcanic sand - and gravel






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






36. Central section of a mosaic






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






38. A panel located above or behind the altar. Has a predella which is a shelf like base






39. Semi-circular form at a short end of a basilica or eastern end of the nave






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Having to do with Charlamagne






47. Led by Matisse --> color is the most important element in a painting - and it is held together by intense line and pattern






48. Clothing of men and women in greece. Tunic-like






49. Site for baptism but separate from a church






50. Canopy on Columns. Most often seen over an altar - st.Peters