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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






3. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






4. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






5. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






11. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






12. Russian composer






13. Penned the famous phrase 'I think - therefore I am.' - Perhaps better known for his contributions to geometry than philosophy (the Cartesian plane is named after him) - Descartes is actually considered the founder of modern rationalism.






14. 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






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






16. External support for the walls of Gothic buildings was provided by what?






17. 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






18. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






19. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






20. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






21. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






22. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






23. 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.






24. God of Wine






25. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






26. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






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






28. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






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






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






31. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






32. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






33. 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).






34. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






35. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






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






37. Court dances






38. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






40. Goddess of Agriculture






41. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






42. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






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






44. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Girl Before a Mirror






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

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46. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






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






49. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






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