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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Slow






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






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






4. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






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






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






7. God of the sea






8. Laborer caste in Hinduism






9. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






10. Goddess of Love and Beauty






11. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






12. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






13. 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






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






15. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






16. Wrote Rivals






17. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






18. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






19. God of Love






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. God of Marriage






25. Five-foot line






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






27. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






28. Short-Short






29. Rebirth






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






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






32. Six-foot line






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






34. A dance






35. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






36. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






38. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






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






40. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






41. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






42. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






43. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






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






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






46. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






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






48. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






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






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







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