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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Plato and Aristotle






6. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






7. One-foot line






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






9. 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






10. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






11. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






12. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






13. Spanish surrealist painter






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






15. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






16. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






17. 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.






18. God of Wine






19. Beuatiful with ornate borders






20. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






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






22. Short-Short-Long






23. Five-foot line






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






25. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






26. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






27. 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






28. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






29. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






30. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






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






32. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world.






33. 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.






34. The use of an object to represent another object or idea.






35. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






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






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






38. Leucippus and Democritus






39. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






40. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






41. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






42. 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.






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






44. God of Wine and Theatre






45. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






46. 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.






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






48. 20th Century American composer






49. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






50. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim