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| art that may have form but have little or no attempt at pictorial representation |
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| an institution whose main object is to train artists |
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| literally "high city," a Greek temple complex built on a hill over a city |
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| an abstract painting in which the artist drips or splatters paint onto a surface like a canvas in order to create hi or her work |
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| work of art that possesses a symbolic meaning in addition to a literal interpretaion |
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| a painted or sculpted panel set atop an altar of a church |
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| a passageway around the apse or an altar of a church |
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| a two-handled Greek storage jar |
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| an image that must be viewed by a special means, such as a mirror |
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| a medieval art form in which animals are depicted in a stylized and often complicated pattern, usually seen fighting with one another |
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| an audience hall in a Persian palace |
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| a type of painting in which the figures are rising heavenward |
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| the end point of a church where the altar is |
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| a flowing, intricate, and symmetrical pattern deriving from floral motifs |
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| series of arches supported by columns |
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| arches that face a wall and are not self-supporting |
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| a plain nonornamented lintel on the entablature |
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| a series of concentric moldings around an arch |
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| a 3D work made of various materials |
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| a courtyard in a Roman house or before a Christian church |
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| an innovative group of artists who generally reject traditional approaches in favor of a more experimental technique |
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| a church with a long nave whose focus is the apse, so named because it is designed along an axis |
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| a canopy placed over an altar or shrine |
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| in medieval architecture, a separate chapel or building in front of a church used for baptisms |
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| in Roman architecture, a large axially planned building with a nave, side aisles, and apses. In Christian architecture, an axially planned church with a long name, side aisles, and an apse for the altar. |
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| vertical section of a church that is embraced by a set of columns and is usually composed of arches and aligned windows |
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| named for inventor Benjamin Day. This printing process uses the pointillist technique |
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| a round ceremonial disk found in ancient Chinese tombs. They are characterized by having a circular hole in the center which symbolizes heaven |
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| a movement that stresses organic shapes that hint at natural forms |
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| a deity who refrains from entering nirvana to help others |
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| a book of prayers to be said at different times of the day, days of the year |
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| the studio of an Italian artist |
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| a fully enlightened being |
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| a sculpture depicting a head, neck, and upper chest of a figure |
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| decorative or beautiful handwriting |
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| a type of early photography that is characterized by its grainy quality |
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| a box with a lens which captures light and casts an image on the opposite side |
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| the detached bell tower of an Italian church |
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| a projecting beam that is attached to a building at one end and suspended in the air at the other |
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| a heavy woven material used as the surface of a painting; first widely used in Venice |
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| the top element of a column |
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| caryatid (male: atlantid) |
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| a column in a building that is shaped like a female figure |
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| an underground passageway used for burial |
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| the principal church of a doicese, where a bishop sits |
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| the main room of a Greek temple where the god is housed |
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| a church having a circular plan with the altar in the middle |
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| a Mayan figure that is half-sitting and half-lying on its back |
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| a rock-cut shrine in basilican form with a stupa at the endpoint |
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| a cup used in a Christian ceremony |
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| the east end of a Gothic church |
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| a gradual transition from light to dark in a painting |
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| a space in a church between the transept and the apse for a choir or clergymen |
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| the lost-wax process; a figure is modeled in clay and covered in wax then recovered in clay. When fired in a kiln the wax melts away, leaving a channel between the two layers of clay that can be used as a mold for liquid metal |
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| the third, or window, story of a church |
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| enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin bands of gold or bronze |
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| a rectangular open-air monastery courtyard with a covered arcade surrounding it |
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| an enclosed gardenlike area around a cathedral |
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| in architecture, a sunken panel in a celing |
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| a commentary on the end panel of a Chinese handscroll |
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| a style of abstract painting characterized by simple shapes and monochromatic color |
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| a pier that appears to be a group or gathering of smaller piers put together |
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| a philosophical belief that stresses education, devotion to family, mutual respect, and traditional culture |
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| a graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees |
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| a vault formed by layers of stone that gradually grow closer together as they rise until they eventually meet |
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| a projecting ledge over a wall |
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| a Roman bedroom flanking an atrium; in early Christian art, a mortuary chapel in a catacomb |
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| a system of writing in which strokes are formed in a wedge or arrowhead shape |
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| a small dome rising over the roof of a building; in architecture, a cupola is achieved by rotating an arch on its axis |
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| a type of construction that uses rough massive blocks of stone piled on atop the other without mortar |
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| a round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces an image |
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| a type of early photography characterized by a shiny surface, meticulous finish, and clarity of detail; they have no negatives |
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| a philosophy begun by Laozi that stresses individual expression and a striving to find balance in life |
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| photography that seeks social and political redress |
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| a patron who is often seen in a work of art |
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| a woven product where the design is stitched into premade fabric |
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| ancient method of painting using colored waxes that are burned into a wooden surface |
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| a column attached to a wall |
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| a printmaking process where a burin is used to carve into a medal plate; ink is passed into the crevices of the plate and paper is applied |
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| the upper story of a Greek temple |
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| printmaking process where a metal plate is covered with wax, submerged into acid bath, filled with ink, and an impression is made; it produces the finest detail of the first printmaking |
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| a painting that tells a moral tale for the viewer |
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| a vault with a fanlike shape created when the vaults spring from the floor to the ceiling |
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| steel-reinforced concrete |
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| 18th century French painting style that depicts aristocracy walking through forests |
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| an object believed to have magical powers |
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| a stone arch and its pier that support a roof from a pillar outside the building |
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| a visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture |
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| a public square in a Roman city |
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| painting technique that applies water-based paint onto a freshly plastered wall |
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| a horizontal band of a sculpture |
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| a composition made by rubbing a crayon over a raised surface |
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| painting of everyday life |
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| thing transparent layers put over a painting |
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| the first four books of the New Testament that chronicle the life of Jesus |
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| a painting done in neutral shades of gray to simulate the look of sculpture |
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| the map of a flood of a building |
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| Japanese ceramic figures placed on top of burial mounds |
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| 1920-30s art resurgence by African Americans |
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| a system of representation that expresses a person's importance by the size of representation in art |
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| Egyptian writing with symbols |
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| artwork where the entire surface is filled in a congested way |
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| Renaissance intellectual movement that emphasized the secular over the religious; emphasized study of classics |
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| hall in an Egyptian temple that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns |
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| devotional panel depicting a sacred image |
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| a screen decorated with icons |
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| nude corner figures on the Sistine Chapel ceiling |
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| a thick and visible application of paint |
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| a rectangular basin in a Roman house that collects rainwater |
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| something in its original location |
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| a temporary work of art made up of assemblages for a particular space |
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| international Gothic style |
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| 14-15th century painting begun bu Simone Martini; elegant and intricate interpretations of naturalistic subjects; caters to aristocratic state |
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| perforated ornamental stone screens in Islamic art |
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| the side posts of a medieval portal |
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| an attraction of Japanese art in Europe in the late 19th century |
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| the soul of a human being that either ascends to heaven or lives in an Egyptian statue |
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| the center stone of an arch that holds it in place |
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| a circular room underground for religious rite |
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| a hall used for Buddhist teachings |
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| an archaic Greek sculpture of a standing youth |
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| a large Greek bowl used for mixing water and wine |
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| a colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art |
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| a small structure with openings for light that crowns a dome |
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| Chinese artists who painted for themselves; highly individualized |
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| printmaking technique that uses a flat stone surface as a base |
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| openings in the walls of catacombs to receive their dead |
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| a long Native American communal dwelling made of wood |
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| a crescent shaped space which contains a sculpture or painting |
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| a painting of Mary as enthroned Queen of Heaven |
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| a style of painting based on Byzantine models that was popular in Italy in 12-13th centuries |
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| a shrine built over a place of martyrdom |
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| a low flat roofed Egypptian tomb with sides sloping down to ground |
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| a rectangular audience hall in Aegean art |
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| a small relieve sculpture on the facade of a Greek temple |
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| a central niche in a mosque facing Mecca |
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| a tall slender column calling people to prayer |
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| a pulpit from which sermons are given |
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| large stone sculptures found on Easter Island |
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| a sculpture made of different items that hang from the ceiling |
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| a groove cut into stone or wood |
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| a decoration using pieces of stone, marble, or colored glass |
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| symbolic hand gesture in Hindu and Buddhist art |
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| empty space around an object or room |
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| circular window in a church or round opening of dome |
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| arch formed by two S-shaped curves |
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| figure with hands raised in prayer |
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| lines that appear to recede toward a vanishing point in a painting |
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| tower built of many stories |
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| term that alludes to figures of Christ placed about the altar in a Byzantine church |
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| triangular top of temple that contains sculpture |
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