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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






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






3. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






4. 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






5. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






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






8. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






9. 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






10. Painted 'The Bathers'






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






12. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






13. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






14. 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






15. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






16. 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






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






18. Leucippus and Democritus






19. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






20. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






21. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






22. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






23. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






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






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






26. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






27. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






28. Student of Martin Heidegger - wrote 'Truth and Method' - considered to be the father of Hermeneutics - largely argued that it is impossible to be unbiased in anything - and even historical accounts are forever biased by our own experiences. As factua






29. DNA of the song






30. Beuatiful with ornate borders






31. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






32. Fast






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






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






35. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






37. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






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






39. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






40. The Color Purple






41. Beautiful Italian singing






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






43. The text of the opera






44. Science fiction writer






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






46. French impressionist painter






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






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






49. Court dances






50. Student of michelangelo - made the school of athens - and the madonna and child series. used pudgeyness to show that people aren't as perfect as they thought.