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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Beautiful Italian singing






2. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance - developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus






3. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






4. Part of the Counter Reformation. Displayed a religious theme - red and gold color scheme - dark (sinner) vs. light (saint) - and was intensely dramatic. Early Baroque art was dominated by Spain.






5. French 20th century architect






6. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






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






8. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






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






10. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






11. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






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






13. Fast






14. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






15. Wrote Rivals






16. Science fiction writer






17. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






18. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






19. Addressing of a person or thing that is not actually their. Example: Romeo - Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?!






20. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






21. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






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






23. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






24. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






25. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






26. 1900 to the Present






27. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






28. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






29. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






30. Fast






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






32. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






33. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






34. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






35. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






36. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






37. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






38. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






39. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






40. Repititions of geometric lines






41. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






42. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






43. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






48. Painted 'The Bathers'






49. American composer; Adagio for Strings Abing; Chinese Music;The moon reflected on the second springs.






50. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk