AP Art History Vocabulary Review

A system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrowhead shape.

Having characteristics of the human form, although the form itself is not human.

Worship or belief in multiple deities.

A stone slab used to mark a grave or a site.

An ancient Greek circular shrine.

An ancient Greek covered walkway having columns on one side and a wall on the other.

A standing stone: large and uncut; erected as a monument in the prehistoric era.

A tool for creating a piece of pottery with a smooth surface.

A horizontal band, often on top of another, that tells a narrative story.

Having the power to ward off evil or bad luck.

A non-realistic manner of representing the visible world and its contents.

Sculpture that projects from a flat background - very shallow relief.

A graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees.

A Latin expression that means that something is in its original location.