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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






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






3. 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






4. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






5. Leucippus and Democritus






6. Repititions of geometric lines






7. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






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






9. God of the Underworld and Death






10. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






11. 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






12. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






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






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






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






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






17. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






18. 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






19. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






20. Architect who like a statue at every corner






21. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






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






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






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






25. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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26. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






27. Repititions of geometric lines






28. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






29. 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






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






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






32. Beuatiful with ornate borders






33. Mannerism painter






34. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






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






37. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






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






39. God of the sea






40. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






41. Rebirth






42. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






43. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






44. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






45. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






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






47. Court dances






48. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






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






50. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.