AP Art History Key Terms
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- enamel
- a technique in which powdered glass is applied to a metal surface in a decorative design
- mihrab
- a semicircular niche set into the qibla wall of a mosque
- voussoir
- a wedge-shaped block used in the construction of a true arch
- repousse
- a technique in which a relief is formed on the front by hammering a metal plate from the back
- entablature
- the part of a building above the columns and below the roof
- corbelled vault
- a vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered until the two walls meet in an arch
- pylon
- a pair of truncated, pyramidal towers flanking the entrance to an Egyptian temple.
- caryatid
- a column carved to represent a woman
- encaustic
- painting technique in which pigment is mixed with wax and applied to the surface while hot
- iconoclasm
- banning and destroying images
- pendentive
- the concave triangular section of a vault that forms the transition between a square or polygonal space and the circular base of a dome
- kore
- an Archaic Greek statue of a standing, draped female
- contrapposto
- the relaxed natural pose or "weight shift"
- hypostyle
- a hall with a roof supported by rows of columns
- pediment
- the triangular section of a temple roof often decorated with sculpture
- register
- one of a series of rows in a pictorial narrative
- hierarchical scale
- the representation of more important figures as larger than less important ones
- frieze
- continuous horizontal band of sculptural decoration
- kouros
- an Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male
- mosaic
- images composed of small pieces of colored glass or stone