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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. God of War






2. Real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos - Much of his work expressed religious ecstasy - and El Greco painted many revealing works of devoted ascetics - most notable of which was Burial of the Count Orgaz. An expressionist - his work often included fl






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






4. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






5. Seven-foot line






6. Famous French impressionist composer






7. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






8. Eight-foot line






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






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






11. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






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






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






14. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






16. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






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






18. A famous cathedral In France






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






20. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






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






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






23. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






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






25. 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






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






27. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






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






29. Pre-Socrates






30. God of sun - light - truth - healing






31. The Persistence of Memory






32. Caused considerable conflict over the years with his open expectation of the impending fall of humanity. He believed that humanity was inherently good - but once corrupted by civilization - there was no turning back.






33. 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






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






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






36. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






37. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






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






39. Long-Short






40. Repititions of geometric lines






41. 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






42. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






43. The Color Purple






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






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






46. American transcendentalist who dealt with macabre issues of insanity and horror - Fall of the House of Usher - Tell Tale Heart - The Raven






47. 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






48. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He






49. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






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