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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






2. 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






3. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






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






5. 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






6. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






7. French impressionist painter






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






9. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






10. Gods of Inspiration for literature - Science - and the arts






11. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






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






13. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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14. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






15. Four-foot line






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






17. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






19. Spanish surrealist painter






20. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






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






22. 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






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






24. Fast






25. 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.






26. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






27. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






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






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






30. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






31. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






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






33. Long-Long






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






35. The text of the opera






36. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






37. Science fiction writer






38. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






39. Dutch post Impressionistic painter 'Starry Night' color plate 72; moved to France;committed suicide






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






41. Wrote Rivals






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






43. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






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






45. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






46. 20th Century American composer






47. Impressionistic Music






48. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






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






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







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