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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






2. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






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






4. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






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






6. Wrote Rivals






7. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






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






9. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






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






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






12. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






13. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






14. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






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






16. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






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






18. 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.






19. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






20. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei






21. Romantic poet who broke with neoclassical theory in much of his mature poetry - The Prelude - Lyrical Ballads






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






23. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






24. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






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






26. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






27. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






28. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






29. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






30. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






31. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






32. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






33. Court dances






34. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






35. Late 20th century style in which brief patter is textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






36. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






37. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






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






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






40. Thucydides and Herodotus






41. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






42. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






44. Painted 'The Bathers'






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






46. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






47. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






48. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






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






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