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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






3. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






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






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






6. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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7. 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.






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






9. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






10. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He






11. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






12. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






13. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






14. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






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






16. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






17. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






18. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






19. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






20. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






21. 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






22. School of nonsense and anti-art






23. Plato and Aristotle






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






25. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






26. Principally known for novels of manners and middle class English society - Sense and Sensibility - Pride and Prejudice






27. The final unraveling of the plot in any story.






28. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






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






30. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






31. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






32. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






33. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






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






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






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






37. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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

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39. Long-Short-Short






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






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






42. Rebirth






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






44. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






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






46. 1900 to the Present






47. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






48. Student of michelangelo - made the school of athens - and the madonna and child series. used pudgeyness to show that people aren't as perfect as they thought.






49. Wrote Rivals






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