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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Opaque watercolor






3. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






4. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






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






6. School of nonsense and anti-art






7. 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






8. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






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






11. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






12. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






13. Principally known for novels of manners and middle class English society - Sense and Sensibility - Pride and Prejudice






14. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






15. The Color Purple






16. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






17. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






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






19. artist of Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) - Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) - Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) - and The Night Watch - Showed a particular interest in painting the poor and downtrodden - considered the best Dutch






20. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






21. Beuatiful with ornate borders






22. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






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






24. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






25. Famous French impressionist composer






26. Gods of Inspiration for literature - Science - and the arts






27. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






28. 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.






29. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






30. God of the Underworld and Death






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






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






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






34. Mannerism painter






35. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






36. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






37. Wrote operas






38. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






39. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






40. 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.






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






42. DNA of the song






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






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






45. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






46. One of the first to use cubism - painted 'The Old Guitar Player' (1905) - predominantly painted in blue tones






47. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






48. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






49. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






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