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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






2. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






3. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






5. Spanish surrealist painter






6. The final unraveling of the plot in any story.






7. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






8. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






9. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






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






12. Wrote operas






13. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






14. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






15. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






16. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






17. Leucippus and Democritus






18. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






20. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






21. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






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






23. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






24. 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






25. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






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






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






28. Goddess of Wisdom






29. Painted 'The Bathers'






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






31. The text of the opera






32. 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.






33. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






34. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






35. Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century






36. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






37. Wrote Rivals






38. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






39. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






40. That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms






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






42. Short-Long






43. 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.






44. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






50. Opaque watercolor