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CLEP Humanities All In One

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






2. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






3. Goddess of Agriculture






4. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






6. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






7. Wrote operas






8. Music consistently constructed on a pattern of the twelve chromatic tones selected prior to composition.






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






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






11. 1900 to the Present






12. French 20th century architect






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






14. 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.






15. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






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






17. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. Late 20th century style in which brief patter is textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






23. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






24. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






25. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






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






27. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






29. External support for the walls of Gothic buildings was provided by what?






30. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






31. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






32. School of nonsense and anti-art






33. I and the Village






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






35. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






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






37. God of Wine and Theatre






38. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






39. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






40. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






41. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






42. Long-Long






43. Goddess of Wisdom






44. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






45. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






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






47. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






48. Composer - conductor and pianist






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






50. Science fiction writer