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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Composer - conductor and pianist






3. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






4. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






5. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






6. 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.






7. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






8. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






9. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






10. The text of the opera






11. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






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






13. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.






14. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






15. Repititions of geometric lines






16. 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






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






18. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






19. French 20th century architect






20. Goddess of Marriage






21. Famous French impressionist composer






22. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






23. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






24. 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






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






26. A dance






27. Russian composer






28. Goddess of Animals






29. American novelist - essayist and satirist - Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer






30. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






31. Three-foot line






32. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






33. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






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






35. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






36. Gross exaggeration for effect - not to be taken literately. Example: My feet are 'KILLING' me.






37. Wrote operas






38. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






39. Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the first great landscape artists of his time - and was recognized for painting every section of his works himself






40. 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






41. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






42. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






43. Four-foot line






44. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






45. Chiefly responsible for bringing literature to the middle-class - The Canterbury Tales






46. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






47. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






49. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






50. 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.