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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






2. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei






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






4. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






5. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






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






7. Science fiction writer






8. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






9. 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






10. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






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






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






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






14. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






15. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






16. 1900 to the Present






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






18. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






20. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






21. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






22. External support for the walls of Gothic buildings was provided by what?






23. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






24. 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






25. Science fiction writer






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






27. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






28. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






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






30. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






31. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






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

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33. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






34. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






35. 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






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






37. God of the Underworld and Death






38. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






39. God of Wisdom






40. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






41. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style - Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style






42. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






43. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






44. Short-Short






45. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






46. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






47. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






48. Rebirth






49. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






50. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India