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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






2. School of nonsense and anti-art






3. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






5. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






6. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






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






8. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






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






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






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






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






13. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






14. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






15. Composer - conductor and pianist






16. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






17. Painted 'The Bathers'






18. Science fiction writer






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






20. Wrote Rivals






21. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






22. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






23. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






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






25. 20th Century American composer






26. God of Wildlife






27. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






28. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






29. 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.






30. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






31. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






32. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






33. School of nonsense and anti-art






34. Wrote Rivals






35. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






37. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






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






40. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






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






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






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






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






45. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He






46. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






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






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






49. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






50. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






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