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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Court dances






2. Pre-Socrates






3. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






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






5. God of sun - light - truth - healing






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






7. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world.






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






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






10. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






12. Seven-foot line






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






14. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






15. The final unraveling of the plot in any story.






16. God of War






17. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






18. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






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






20. Architect who like a statue at every corner






21. Foremost architect of Baroque - Ecstasy of St. Theresa - David - Apollo and Daphne - Aeneas






22. American composer; Adagio for Strings Abing; Chinese Music;The moon reflected on the second springs.






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






24. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






25. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






26. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






27. Beuatiful with ornate borders






28. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






29. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






30. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






31. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






32. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






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






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






35. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






36. Six tone octave scale in which all successive tones are a whole step apart.






37. The Persistence of Memory






38. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






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






40. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






41. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






42. Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the first great landscape artists of his time - and was recognized for painting every section of his works himself






43. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






44. God of Wildlife






45. This building was built in Rome and contains remains of may Roman Emperors






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






47. artist of Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) - Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) - Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) - and The Night Watch - Showed a particular interest in painting the poor and downtrodden - considered the best Dutch






48. 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.






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






50. Fast