AP Art History - FINAL Vocabulary
Across
- 6. The passionate expression of grief or sorrow of the death of Jesus Christ.
- 9. The central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation.
- 10. buttress A buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.
- 11. A vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated.
- 12. The vault formed by the intersection of two to three barrel vaults edged with an armature of piped masonry often carved in decorative patterns.
- 13. A painting on lime plaster, either dry or wet.
- 15. A column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall.
- 16. The direction of the Kaaba, to which Muslims turn at prayer.
- 18. The perception of depth in nature can be enhanced by the appearance of atmospheric haze that adds depth.
- 20. A niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, toward which the congregation faces to pray.
- 22. The use of artistic techniques (as perspective or shading) to create the illusion of reality.
- 23. A large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof.
- 24. A picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus Christ on her lap or in her arms.
- 28. The vault formed by the extrusion of a single curve along a given distance.
- 29. The upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It admits light to the central parts of the building.
- 31. An ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration.
- 32. The term that describes the twenty nude men in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.
- 33. An antechamber, porch, or distinct area at the western entrance separated off by a railing of a church building.
Down
- 1. The core fortified area of a town or city
- 2. A system of drawing or painting in which the artist attempts to create the illusion of spatial depth on a two-dimensional surface.
- 3. The process or art of cutting or carving a design on a hard surface, especially so as to make a print.
- 4. A large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse.
- 5. A picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece.
- 7. Three-dimensional visual illusion in painted art details.
- 8. The fusion or attempted fusion of different or opposing principles/ideas in art.
- 14. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
- 17. A tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
- 19. An intaglio printing process in which an etching needle is used to draw into a wax ground applied over a metal plate.
- 21. A work of art, especially a painting on wood, set above and behind an altar.
- 25. The vault formed by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults.
- 26. A curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches.
- 27. An open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.
- 30. The technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.
- 31. A symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a meaning not explicitly set forth in the narrative.