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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






2. 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.






3. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






4. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






5. Church in Ravenna - Italy built by Justinian. Known for color - mosaics - and gold.






6. 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.






7. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






8. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






10. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






11. 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






12. 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






13. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






14. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






15. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






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






17. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






18. Paul Gauguin






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






20. Beautiful Italian singing






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






22. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






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






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

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25. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






26. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






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






28. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






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






30. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






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






32. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






33. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






34. American composer; Adagio for Strings Abing; Chinese Music;The moon reflected on the second springs.






35. 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.






36. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






37. Poetry that rhymes at the end of lines






38. Late 20th century style in which brief patter is textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






39. Painted 'The Bathers'






40. 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.






41. Laborer caste in Hinduism






42. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






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






44. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






45. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






46. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






47. Goddess of Animals






48. 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.






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






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