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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






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






3. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






4. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






5. Long-Long






6. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






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






8. Beautiful Italian singing






9. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






10. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






12. 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.






13. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






14. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






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






16. French 20th century architect






17. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






18. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






20. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






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






23. Famous French impressionist composer






24. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






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






27. 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






28. Plato and Aristotle






29. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






30. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






31. Wrote operas






32. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






33. Fast






34. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






36. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






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






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






39. Played the xylophone and marimba






40. Fast






41. 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.






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






48. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






49. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






50. Rebirth