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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






6. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






7. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






8. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






10. Gross exaggeration for effect - not to be taken literately. Example: My feet are 'KILLING' me.






11. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






12. Four-foot line






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






14. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






15. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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16. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






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






18. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






19. 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






20. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






21. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






22. Opaque watercolor






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






24. 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






25. God of War






26. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






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






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






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






30. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






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






32. God of Wine






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






34. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






35. The warrior caste in Hinduism






36. Published Phenomenology of Mind in 1807 and Philosophy of Right in 1821 - According to the Hegelian dialectic - one thought (i.e. being) invariably leads to a thought of its antithesis (not being) - and the two must come together to form an entirely






37. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






38. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






39. School of nonsense and anti-art






40. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






41. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






42. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






43. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






44. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






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






46. Thucydides and Herodotus






47. Beautiful Italian singing






48. Long-Short






49. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






50. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her