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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






3. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






5. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






6. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






7. God of sun - light - truth - healing






8. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






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






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






11. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






12. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






13. God of the Underworld and Death






14. 20th Century American composer






15. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






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






17. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






18. Famous French impressionist composer






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






25. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






26. Spanish surrealist painter






27. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






28. Pre-Socrates






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






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






31. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






32. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






33. French impressionist painter






34. French landscape painter - artist of 'Dusk' (1908) - considered to be one of the founders of impressionism






35. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






36. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






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






38. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






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






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






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






42. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






43. Painted 'The Bathers'






44. The Starry Night






45. British abstract sculptor






46. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






47. Wrote operas






48. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






49. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






50. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses