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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






2. 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






3. French impressionist painter






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






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






6. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






8. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






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






10. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






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






12. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






13. Foremost literary critic of the romantic period - Rime of the Ancient Mariner






14. Goddess of Hunting






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






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






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






18. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






19. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






20. God of Wine and Theatre






21. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






22. 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






23. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






24. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






25. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






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






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






28. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






29. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






30. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






31. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






32. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






33. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






34. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






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






36. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






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






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






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






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






41. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






42. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






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






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






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






48. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






49. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






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