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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 20th Century American composer






2. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






3. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






4. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






5. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






6. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






7. Beautiful Italian singing






8. 20th Century American composer






9. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






10. I and the Village






11. 1900 to the Present






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






13. Three dimensional work of art - statue






14. A capella singers






15. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






21. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






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






23. Fast






24. Science fiction writer






25. God of the Underworld and Death






26. 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






27. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






28. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






29. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






30. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






31. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






32. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






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






34. 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.






35. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






37. Dutch post Impressionistic painter 'Starry Night' color plate 72; moved to France;committed suicide






38. 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






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






40. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






41. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






42. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






44. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






45. Wrote operas






46. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






47. Five-foot line






48. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






49. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






50. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'