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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






2. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






6. 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.






7. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






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






9. Famous French impressionist composer






10. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






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






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






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






14. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






15. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






16. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






17. Short-Short-Long






18. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






19. Fast






20. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






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

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






23. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






24. Church in Ravenna - Italy built by Justinian. Known for color - mosaics - and gold.






25. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






26. Court dances






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






28. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






29. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






30. 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






31. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






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






33. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






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






35. Born in 1508 - ______________ was greatly influenced by Renaissance philosophers and artists - and was made architectural advisor to the Vatican in 1570. His great architectural works include Villa Foscari - Teatro Olimpico - and Palazzo Chiericati -






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

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37. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






39. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






40. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






41. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






42. Paul Gauguin






43. God of love and beauty






44. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






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






46. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






48. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






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






50. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi







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