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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






2. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






3. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style - Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style






4. Three dimensional work of art - statue






5. 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






6. Is the belief that Satan represented all things material - and God all things of light; each human being is a composite of matter (Satan) and godly light (God) - and suffered not from sin - but from contact with matter. Founded by Mani Who believed h






7. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






8. One unit of meter in poetry






9. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






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






11. Pre-Socrates






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






13. Famous French impressionist composer






14. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






15. A dance






16. 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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17. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.






18. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






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. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






21. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






22. French impressionist painter






23. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






24. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






25. 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






26. Wrote operas






27. God of the underworld - and wealth






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






29. Three dimensional work of art - statue






30. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Girl Before a Mirror






31. 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.






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






33. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






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






35. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






36. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






37. That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms






38. Transitional movement in the 1880's connecting Impressionism and cubism in the visual arts






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






40. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






41. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






42. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






43. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






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






45. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






46. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






47. Mannerism painter






48. Four-foot line






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






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