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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






3. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






4. The use of an object to represent another object or idea.






5. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






6. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






7. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






8. 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






9. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






10. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






11. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






12. The warrior caste in Hinduism






13. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






14. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






15. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






16. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






17. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






18. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






19. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






20. Goddess of Fortune






21. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






22. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






23. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






24. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






25. French landscape painter - artist of 'Dusk' (1908) - considered to be one of the founders of impressionism






26. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






27. God of Wildlife






28. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






29. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






30. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






31. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






32. God of Wine






33. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






34. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






35. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






36. Wrote operas






37. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






38. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






39. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






40. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






41. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






42. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






43. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






44. Repititions of geometric lines






45. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






46. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






47. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






48. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






49. God of the Sea






50. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)