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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the first great landscape artists of his time - and was recognized for painting every section of his works himself






2. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






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






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






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






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






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






8. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






9. Perfected literary conversation and introduced everyday speech to theater






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






11. 20th Century American composer






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






16. Opaque watercolor






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

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18. Played the xylophone and marimba






19. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






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






21. 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.






22. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






23. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






24. Painted 'The Bathers'






25. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






26. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






27. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






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






29. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






30. Long-Long






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






32. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






34. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






35. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






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






37. Fast






38. French impressionist painter






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






40. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






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






42. 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.






43. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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

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45. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






46. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






47. The Color Purple






48. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






49. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






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