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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Science fiction writer






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






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






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






5. The Starry Night






6. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






7. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






8. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






9. British abstract sculptor






10. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






11. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






12. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






13. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






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






15. God of the Underworld and Death






16. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






17. Composer - conductor and pianist






18. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






20. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






21. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






22. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






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






24. 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






25. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






26. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






27. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






28. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






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






30. Paul Gauguin






31. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






32. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.






33. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






34. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






36. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






37. 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.






38. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






39. 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.






40. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






41. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






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






43. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






44. Caused considerable conflict over the years with his open expectation of the impending fall of humanity. He believed that humanity was inherently good - but once corrupted by civilization - there was no turning back.






45. 20th Century American composer






46. Designed by Mayans - this was once a temple - next to the Pyramid of Sacrifice. Located at Uxmal - it was used for sacrificial ceremonies as late as 1673.






47. Leucippus and Democritus






48. Former monk. French humanist - wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel - stories contained gross humor.






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






50. The idea that matter is made out of atoms