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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






3. The final unraveling of the plot in any story.






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






5. 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






6. French impressionist painter






7. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






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






9. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






10. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






11. God of War






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






13. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






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






16. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






18. DNA of the song






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






20. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






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






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






24. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






25. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






26. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






27. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






31. Painted 'The Bathers'






32. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






33. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






34. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






35. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






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






37. 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






38. Long-Long






39. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






40. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






42. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






43. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






45. Austrian composer; leader of the 2nd Viennese school: Invented serialism same as 12 tone system; wrote Pierrot Lunaire Landmark piece of music moonstruck Pierrot.






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






47. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






48. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






49. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






50. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys