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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. God of Wisdom






2. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.






3. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






4. Goddess of Love and Beauty






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






6. Long-Short






7. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






8. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






9. 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






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






11. Composer - conductor and pianist






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






13. 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






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






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

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






17. Wrote Rivals






18. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






19. Beautiful Italian singing






20. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






21. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






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






23. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






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






25. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






26. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






27. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






28. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






29. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






31. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






32. 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






33. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






34. An epic is a longer poem written in lofty style - presenting characters of high social class in a series of adventures. It is tied to one hero of epic proportions - yet the entire poem details the history of a nation or race. Example: the Odyssey and






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






36. French impressionist painter






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






38. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






39. God of Wildlife






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






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






42. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






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






44. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






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






46. 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.






47. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






48. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






49. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






50. 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