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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






2. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






3. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






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






5. 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.






6. 20th Century American composer






7. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






8. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






9. 20th Century American composer






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






11. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






12. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






13. God of War






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






15. 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






16. Repititions of geometric lines






17. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






18. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






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






20. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






21. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






22. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






24. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






25. God of Wildlife






26. 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






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






28. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






29. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Girl Before a Mirror






30. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






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






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






33. Foremost literary critic of the romantic period - Rime of the Ancient Mariner






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






35. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






36. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






37. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






38. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






39. God of Wine






40. Goddess of Hunting






41. 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






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. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






44. Based on the practices of li and jen - was based on the ethical system of being neighborly-






45. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






46. Literature whose primary aim is to expound some moral - political - or other teaching.






47. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






48. Beautiful Italian singing






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






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