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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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






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






3. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






5. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






6. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






7. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






8. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






9. French landscape painter - artist of 'Dusk' (1908) - considered to be one of the founders of impressionism






10. French impressionist painter






11. 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






12. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






13. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






14. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






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






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






17. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






19. The text of the opera






20. Real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos - Much of his work expressed religious ecstasy - and El Greco painted many revealing works of devoted ascetics - most notable of which was Burial of the Count Orgaz. An expressionist - his work often included fl






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






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






23. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






24. Repititions of geometric lines






25. Leucippus and Democritus






26. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






27. A dance






28. Known as the Father of Taoism - Sixth century B.C. philosopher Lao Tzu (or 'Old Sage') is credited with starting the philosophy of Taoism. Some scholars believe that he was a slightly older contemporary of Confucius.






29. French 20th century architect






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






31. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






32. God of the sea






33. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






34. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






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






36. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






37. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






38. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






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






40. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






41. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






42. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






43. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






44. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






45. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






46. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






47. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






48. German metaphysician - began his string of successful philosophical publications with Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 - believed that reality extended only so far as an individual's personal degree of 'knowing -' and it is impossible to 'know' thing






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






50. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art