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AP Art History Vocab

Subjects : fine-arts, ap, history
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1. Art emphasizing derived character with visual reference to objects in nature.






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






3. Painting technique using pigments ground in water






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






5. Lost wax method of making a bronze statue






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






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






8. Female figure used as structural column






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






10. Rule applied to proportion






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






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






13. Right angle intersection of two barrel vaults






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






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






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






17. Full sized preliminary sketch for a painting






18. French elements in Italian art. Focused on lavish fabric - intricate ornamentation - and brilliant color.






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






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






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






22. Top of a columns shaft where it joints the lintel.






23. Northern American dolls of the Soutwest representing the powers and spirits living in mountains and water sources






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






25. First major american avant hard movement. Art expressed state of mind to evoke emotional response from the viewer






26. A hall with a roof supported by columns. popular in Egyptian architecture.






27. Alomd shaped glory surrounding christ figure on tympanum.






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






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






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






31. Painting on plaster






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






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






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






35. Site for baptism but separate from a church






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






37. Pointed tool for incising an engraving plate






38. Early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre






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






40. 20th century modernist movement that focused on artists personal vision and its emotional impact






41. American art movement of 1960s. Predominantly sculptural - with a focus in a reduction to homogeneous forms.






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






43. The Italian word for a drawing






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






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






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






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






48. Associated with E.Catholic Church






49. The wine and wafer that symbolize the last supper - literally or figuratively






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