AP Art History Chapter 1 Vocab
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Paleolithic | old stone |
| Neolithic | new stone |
| Recognition | being able to see stuff |
| Representation | the presenting in substitute form of something observed |
| Incise | to cut into a surface with a sharp instrument; also, a method of decoration, especially on metal and pottery |
| Red Ocher | a red paint like pigment commonly used |
| Bison | A buffalo esque creature commonly depicted |
| Contour | a continuous line defining the outer shape of an object |
| Silhouette | A shadow drawing of something |
| Freestanding Sculpture | carved or modeled in 3 dimensions |
| Relief Sculpture | figures projecting from a background of which they are part. The degree of relief is designated high, low (bas), or sunken. If sunken, the artist cuts the design into the surface so that the highest projecting parts of the image are no higher than the surface itself |
| Mural | a wall painting |
| Twisted Perspective | (same as composite view) |
| Composite View | A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally; also called twisted perspective |
| Landscape` | a picture showing natural scenery, without narrative content |
| Megalith | A large, roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures |
| Passage Grave | a prehistoric tomb with a long stone corridor leading to a burial chamber covered by a great tumulus |
| Corbelled Vault | a vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch |
| Tumulus | latin for "burial mound." In etruscan architecture, tumuli cover one or more subterranean multichambered tombs cut out of the local tufa (limestone) |
| Post and Lintel | a system of construction in which two posts (vertical) support a lintel (horizontal) |
| Henge | an arrangement of megalithic stones in a circle, often surrounded by a ditch |
| Solstice | The shortest and longest days of the year |
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