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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






2. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






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






4. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






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






6. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






7. Plato and Aristotle






8. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






9. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






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






12. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






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






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






15. Long-Short-Short






16. 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






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






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






19. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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






21. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






22. Late 20th century musical style in which brief patterns - textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






23. Opaque watercolor






24. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






25. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






26. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






27. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






28. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






29. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






30. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






31. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






32. Beuatiful with ornate borders






33. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






34. 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






35. Repititions of geometric lines






36. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






37. Mannerism painter






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






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






40. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






41. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






42. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






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






44. Court dances






45. Russian composer






46. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






48. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






50. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson