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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






2. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






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






4. Is the belief that Satan represented all things material - and God all things of light; each human being is a composite of matter (Satan) and godly light (God) - and suffered not from sin - but from contact with matter. Founded by Mani Who believed h






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






6. Seven-foot line






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






8. The text of the opera






9. 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






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






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






12. Music consistently constructed on a pattern of the twelve chromatic tones selected prior to composition.






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






14. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






15. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






16. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






17. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






18. Fast






19. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






20. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






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






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






23. Mannerism painter






24. Goddess of Agriculture






25. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






27. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






28. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






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






30. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






31. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






32. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






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






34. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






35. Famous French impressionist composer






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






37. 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.






38. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






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






45. Laborer caste in Hinduism






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






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






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






49. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






50. Court dances