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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






2. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






3. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






4. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






5. Three dimensional work of art - statue






6. That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms






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






8. Mannerism painter






9. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






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






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






12. A plain - sturdy column with a plain capital






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






14. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






15. Mannerism painter






16. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






17. Famous French impressionist composer






18. Short-Long






19. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






20. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






21. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






22. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






23. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






24. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






25. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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






27. Opaque watercolor






28. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






29. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






30. Beuatiful with ornate borders






31. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






32. God of sun - light - truth - healing






33. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






34. 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






35. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






36. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






37. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






38. God of War






39. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






40. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






41. Repititions of geometric lines






42. Opaque watercolor






43. 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.






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






45. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






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






47. Former monk. French humanist - wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel - stories contained gross humor.






48. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






49. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






50. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.