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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






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






3. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






4. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






5. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






7. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






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






9. Leucippus and Democritus






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






11. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






12. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






13. 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






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






15. 20th Century American composer






16. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






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






18. Slow






19. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






20. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






21. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






22. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






23. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






24. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






25. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






26. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






27. Spanish surrealist painter






28. 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






29. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






30. Designed by Mayans - this was once a temple - next to the Pyramid of Sacrifice. Located at Uxmal - it was used for sacrificial ceremonies as late as 1673.






31. God of Wildlife






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






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






34. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






35. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






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






37. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






38. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






39. French 20th century architect






40. Opaque watercolor






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






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






43. The Starry Night






44. Slow






45. Known as the Father of Taoism - Sixth century B.C. philosopher Lao Tzu (or 'Old Sage') is credited with starting the philosophy of Taoism. Some scholars believe that he was a slightly older contemporary of Confucius.






46. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






47. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






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






49. Spanish surrealist painter






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







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