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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






2. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






3. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






4. A dance






5. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






7. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






8. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






9. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






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






11. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






12. 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.






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






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






15. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






16. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






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






18. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






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






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






21. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






22. Long-Short-Short






23. 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






24. Beautiful Italian singing






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






26. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






28. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






29. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






30. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






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






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






33. Three dimensional work of art - statue






34. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






35. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






36. 20th Century American composer






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






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






39. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






40. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






41. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






42. Goddess of Love and Beauty






43. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






44. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






45. Death of a Salesman






46. Published Phenomenology of Mind in 1807 and Philosophy of Right in 1821 - According to the Hegelian dialectic - one thought (i.e. being) invariably leads to a thought of its antithesis (not being) - and the two must come together to form an entirely






47. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






48. Beuatiful with ornate borders






49. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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