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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






3. 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.






4. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






5. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






6. Painted 'The Bathers'






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






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






9. Romantic poet who broke with neoclassical theory in much of his mature poetry - The Prelude - Lyrical Ballads






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






11. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






12. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






13. 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






14. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






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






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






17. French 20th century architect






18. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






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






20. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






21. Five-foot line






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






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






24. 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






25. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei






26. Short-Short






27. French impressionist painter






28. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






29. Goddess of Love and Beauty






30. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






31. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






32. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






33. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






34. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






35. Court dances






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Two-foot line






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






42. Mannerism painter






43. Dutch post Impressionistic painter 'Starry Night' color plate 72; moved to France;committed suicide






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






45. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






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






47. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






49. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






50. A capella singers