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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






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






4. Known as the Father of Taoism - Sixth century B.C. philosopher Lao Tzu (or 'Old Sage') is credited with starting the philosophy of Taoism. Some scholars believe that he was a slightly older contemporary of Confucius.






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. God of the Sea






12. Architectural style of medieval Europe - characterized by semi-circular arches - massive quality - thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers - decorative arcading. Crossed England from France.






13. Wrote operas






14. Transitional movement in the 1880's connecting Impressionism and cubism in the visual arts






15. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






17. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






18. Eight-foot line






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






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






21. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






22. Wrote Rivals






23. 20th Century American composer






24. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






25. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






26. Part of the Counter Reformation. Displayed a religious theme - red and gold color scheme - dark (sinner) vs. light (saint) - and was intensely dramatic. Early Baroque art was dominated by Spain.






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






28. Spanish surrealist painter






29. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






30. Goddess of the Hearth - the Home and the Roman state






31. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






32. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






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






34. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






35. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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36. Opaque watercolor






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






38. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






39. A famous cathedral In France






40. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






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






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






44. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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45. Music consistently constructed on a pattern of the twelve chromatic tones selected prior to composition.






46. Short-Short






47. Plato and Aristotle






48. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






49. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






50. Slow