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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Long-Short






9. Long-Short-Short






10. God of the Sea






11. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






12. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






13. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






14. Rebirth






15. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






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






17. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






18. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






19. Wrote Rivals






20. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






21. I and the Village






22. 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.






23. God of War






24. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






25. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






26. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






27. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






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






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






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






31. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






33. Opaque watercolor






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






35. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






36. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






37. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






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. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






41. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






42. Laborer caste in Hinduism






43. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






44. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






45. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






46. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






47. Five-foot line






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






49. The Color Purple






50. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.