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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






2. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






3. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






4. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






5. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






6. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






7. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






8. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






9. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






10. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






11. Pre-Socrates






12. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






13. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






14. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






15. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






16. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






17. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






18. Pre-Socrates






19. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






20. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






21. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






22. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






23. French impressionist painter






24. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






25. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






26. DNA of the song






27. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






28. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






29. One of the first to use cubism - painted 'The Old Guitar Player' (1905) - predominantly painted in blue tones






30. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






31. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






32. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






33. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






34. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






35. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






36. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






37. Foremost architect of Baroque - Ecstasy of St. Theresa - David - Apollo and Daphne - Aeneas






38. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






39. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






40. Painted 'The Bathers'






41. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






42. Goddess of Hunting






43. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






44. Wrote Rivals






45. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.






46. Court dances






47. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






48. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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49. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






50. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?







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