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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






3. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






4. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






5. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






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






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






8. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






9. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






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






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






12. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






13. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






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






15. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






17. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






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






19. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






20. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






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






22. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






23. 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.






24. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






25. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






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






27. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






28. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






29. Mannerism painter






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






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






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

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






34. 1900 to the Present






35. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






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






37. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






38. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






39. Played the xylophone and marimba






40. Slow






41. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






42. God of Love






43. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






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






45. Composer - conductor and pianist






46. Opaque watercolor






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






48. Beuatiful with ornate borders






49. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






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







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