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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. God of War






2. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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3. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






4. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






5. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






6. Opaque watercolor






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






8. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






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






10. Painted 'The Bathers'






11. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






12. A capella singers






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






14. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






15. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






17. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






18. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






19. God of War






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






21. Fast






22. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






23. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






24. French 20th century architect






25. Short-Long






26. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






27. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






28. Russian composer






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






30. The text of the opera






31. Fast






32. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






33. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






34. The warrior caste in Hinduism






35. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






36. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






37. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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






39. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






40. 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.






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






42. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






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






44. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






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






46. Georges Pierre Seurat






47. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






48. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






49. This building was built in Rome and contains remains of may Roman Emperors






50. Rebirth