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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






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






4. The Color Purple






5. Spanish surrealist painter






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






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






8. Goddess of Agriculture






9. God of the Underworld and Death






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






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






12. 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






13. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






14. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






15. French 20th century architect






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






17. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






18. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






19. Fast






20. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






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






23. Death of a Salesman






24. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






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






26. 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






27. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






28. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






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






30. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






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






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






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






34. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He






35. Famous artists during this time: Leonardo da Vinci - Rafael - and Michaelangelo - From 1490 to 1520 - High Renaissance style was composed of order - grace - and harmony - with perfectly proportioned subjects.






36. Composer - conductor and pianist






37. German metaphysician - began his string of successful philosophical publications with Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 - believed that reality extended only so far as an individual's personal degree of 'knowing -' and it is impossible to 'know' thing






38. Mannerism painter






39. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






40. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






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






42. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






43. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






44. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






45. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






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






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






48. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






49. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






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