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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






2. God of sun - light - truth - healing






3. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






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






5. Played the xylophone and marimba






6. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






7. Eight-foot line






8. British abstract sculptor






9. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






10. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






11. Rebirth






12. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






13. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






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






15. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






16. Science fiction writer






17. Five-foot line






18. 20th Century American composer






19. 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.






20. The central or dominating idea of a work.






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






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






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






24. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






25. A plain - sturdy column with a plain capital






26. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






27. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






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






30. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






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






33. Short-Long






34. French impressionist painter






35. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






36. Spanish surrealist painter






37. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






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

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39. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






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






41. Spanish surrealist painter






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






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






44. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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






46. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






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






48. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






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






50. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting