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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






2. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






3. Eight-foot line






4. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






5. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






6. Four-foot line






7. A story were characters or objects represent abstract idea or qualities. i.e. Goodness - Evil - Love - Death - etc...






8. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






9. Wrote Rivals






10. French impressionist painter






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






12. Born in 1508 - ______________ was greatly influenced by Renaissance philosophers and artists - and was made architectural advisor to the Vatican in 1570. His great architectural works include Villa Foscari - Teatro Olimpico - and Palazzo Chiericati -






13. 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






14. 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.






15. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






16. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






17. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






18. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






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






20. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






21. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






22. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






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






24. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






25. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






26. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






27. Architectural style of medieval Europe - characterized by semi-circular arches - massive quality - thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers - decorative arcading. Crossed England from France.






28. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






29. Goddess of Wisdom






30. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






31. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






32. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






33. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






34. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






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






36. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






37. Famous French impressionist composer






38. Wrote Rivals






39. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






40. The text of the opera






41. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






42. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






43. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






44. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






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






47. Figure of speech that give human traits to animals - objects - or ideas. Example: the storm lashed the naked - helpless shore.






48. British abstract sculptor






49. 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






50. 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







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