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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






2. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






3. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






4. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






5. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






6. Painted 'The Bathers'






7. Goddess of Animals






8. 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






9. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






10. British abstract sculptor






11. French Post-impressionistic painter; moved to Tahiti to look for the unspoiled life. Mahana No Atua(Day of the Gods). He used flat - 2 dimensional surfaces with strong outlines.






12. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






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

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






15. 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.






16. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






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






18. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






19. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






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






21. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






22. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






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






24. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






25. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






26. 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






27. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






28. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






29. Pre-Socrates






30. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






31. Played the xylophone and marimba






32. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






33. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






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






35. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






36. I and the Village






37. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






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






40. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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






42. Four-foot line






43. A capella singers






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






45. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






46. Spanish surrealist painter






47. 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.






48. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






49. Death of a Salesman






50. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.