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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Science fiction writer






3. 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






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






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






6. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






7. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






8. Three dimensional work of art - statue






9. Wrote Rivals






10. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






11. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






12. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






13. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






14. Long-Short






15. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






16. Impressionistic Music






17. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






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






19. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






20. 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






21. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






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






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






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






25. Spanish surrealist painter






26. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






27. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






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






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






30. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






31. 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.






32. Caused considerable conflict over the years with his open expectation of the impending fall of humanity. He believed that humanity was inherently good - but once corrupted by civilization - there was no turning back.






33. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






34. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






35. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






36. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






37. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






38. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






39. Pre-Socrates






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






41. A capella singers






42. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






43. 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






44. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






45. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






46. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






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






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






49. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






50. Four-foot line







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