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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Short-Short-Long






2. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






3. One of the first to use cubism - painted 'The Old Guitar Player' (1905) - predominantly painted in blue tones






4. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






5. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






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

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7. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






9. Student of Martin Heidegger - wrote 'Truth and Method' - considered to be the father of Hermeneutics - largely argued that it is impossible to be unbiased in anything - and even historical accounts are forever biased by our own experiences. As factua






10. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






11. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






12. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






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






14. 20th Century American composer






15. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






16. God of sun - light - truth - healing






17. Beuatiful with ornate borders






18. Death of a Salesman






19. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






20. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






21. Former monk. French humanist - wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel - stories contained gross humor.






22. Famous French impressionist composer






23. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






25. Mannerism painter






26. God of love and beauty






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






28. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






29. Goddess of the Hearth - the Home and the Roman state






30. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






31. Thucydides and Herodotus






32. Science fiction writer






33. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






34. French 20th century architect






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






36. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






37. Architect who like a statue at every corner






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






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






40. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






42. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






43. French impressionist painter






44. Goddess of Fortune






45. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






46. 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






47. Five-foot line






48. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






49. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






50. Leucippus and Democritus