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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






3. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






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






5. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






6. Slow






7. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






8. Court dances






9. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






10. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






11. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






12. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






13. 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.






14. British abstract sculptor






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






20. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






21. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






23. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






24. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






25. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






26. Fast






27. The Persistence of Memory






28. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






29. God of War






30. Plato's teacher - declared that the gods had named him the wisest of all humanity - because he was the only one who knew how little he knew - he was later condemned to death by drinking poison hemlock by fellow Athenians for his alleged atheism.






31. 20th Century American composer






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






33. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






34. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






36. Opaque watercolor






37. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. God of love and beauty






43. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






44. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






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






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






47. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






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






49. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






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