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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. The warrior caste in Hinduism






2. God of War






3. Three-foot line






4. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






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






6. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






7. Spanish surrealist painter






8. 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.






9. Figure of speech that give human traits to animals - objects - or ideas. Example: the storm lashed the naked - helpless shore.






10. 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.






11. God of the Underworld and Death






12. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






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






14. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. A dance






19. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






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






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






22. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






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






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






25. 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






26. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






27. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






28. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






29. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






30. 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






31. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






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






33. 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






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






35. Fast






36. Painted 'The Bathers'






37. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






38. 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






39. Beuatiful with ornate borders






40. Spanish surrealist painter






41. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






42. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






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






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






45. 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






46. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






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






48. British abstract sculptor






49. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






50. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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