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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. This building was built in Rome and contains remains of may Roman Emperors






2. Russian composer






3. 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






4. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






5. 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






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






7. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






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






9. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






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






11. American transcendentalist who dealt with macabre issues of insanity and horror - Fall of the House of Usher - Tell Tale Heart - The Raven






12. An example of Byzantine architecture - name this church.






13. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






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






15. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






16. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






18. 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






19. Goddess of Wisdom






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






21. Famous French impressionist composer






22. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






23. Plato and Aristotle






24. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






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






26. Composer - conductor and pianist






27. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






28. Transitional movement in the 1880's connecting Impressionism and cubism in the visual arts






29. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






30. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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31. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






32. 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.






33. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






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






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






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






37. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






38. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






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






41. Played the xylophone and marimba






42. 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






43. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






44. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






45. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






46. Court dances






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






48. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






49. 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






50. 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