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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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

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3. 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






4. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






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






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






7. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






8. 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






9. Thucydides and Herodotus






10. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






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






12. Opaque watercolor






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






14. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






15. Goddess of Agriculture






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






17. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






18. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






19. Short-Short






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






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






22. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






23. God of Wine and Theatre






24. Figure of speech that give human traits to animals - objects - or ideas. Example: the storm lashed the naked - helpless shore.






25. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






26. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






27. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






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






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






30. 1900 to the Present






31. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






32. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






33. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






34. 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






35. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






36. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






37. Science fiction writer






38. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






39. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






40. God of Wildlife






41. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






42. Addressing of a person or thing that is not actually their. Example: Romeo - Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?!






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






44. I and the Village






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






46. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






47. Long-Short






48. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world.






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






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