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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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.






2. God of the underworld - and wealth






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






4. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






6. 20th Century American composer






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






8. British abstract sculptor






9. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






10. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






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






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






13. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






14. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






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






16. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






17. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






18. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






19. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






20. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






21. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






22. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






23. A capella singers






24. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






25. Repititions of geometric lines






26. Chiefly responsible for bringing literature to the middle-class - The Canterbury Tales






27. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






28. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






29. 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






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






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

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






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






35. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






36. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






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






38. 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.






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






40. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






41. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






42. Artist of 'Jack in the Pulpit IV' (1930) - 'Petunia' (1925) - 'Cow's Skull - Red - White - and Blue' (1931) - and 'Red Amaryllis' (1937) - Realistic nature images with strong - vibrant colors identify the works of O'Keeffe

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43. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






45. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






46. Georges Pierre Seurat






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






48. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






49. Russian composer






50. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy







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