These are the only terms that will show up on the terms section of the final exam. However, we encourage you to use the language and terms of art history on the Slide IDs and Essays, which may include terms and ideas from the midterm (e.g. contrapposto, genre scene).
- acropolis
- allocutio
- ambulatory
- ampitheater
- apse
- aqueduct
- arch
- architrave
- atrium
- barrel vault
- basilica
- buttress
- capital
- cella
- choir
- Chryselephantine
- clerestory
- coffer
- colonnade
- column
- continuous narrative
- contrapposto
- corinthian
- cornerstone
- cornice
- crossing
- cyclopean/megalithic
- Delian League
- doric
- drum
- echinus
- eidetic
- entablature
- entasis
- epidauras
- fluting
- flying buttress
- forum
- fresco
- frieze (and continuous frieze)
- genre scene
- groin vault
- iconography
- illiac crest
- ionic
- jamb
- keystone
- kore/kourai
- kouros/kouroi
- lintel
- mausoleum
- metopes
- naos
- nave
- numerology
- oculus
- Pax Romana
- pediment
- peristyle
- phidian drapery
- piers
- pilaster
- post and lintel
- pronaos
- propylaea
- relief sculpture (high versus low)
- relic or reliquary
- ribbed vaulting
- round sculpture
- side aisle
- stoa
- stele
- stylobate
- transept
- triforium
- triglyphs
- tympanum
- verism
- vestibule
- volute
Note: you are also responsible for any terms associated with diagrams in the Image Checklist.
L01-113: Introduction to Western Art 