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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Impressionistic Music






2. Long-Short-Short






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






4. Played the xylophone and marimba






5. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






7. Spanish surrealist painter






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






9. School of nonsense and anti-art






10. God of Wine and Theatre






11. Music consistently constructed on a pattern of the twelve chromatic tones selected prior to composition.






12. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






13. This building was built in Rome and contains remains of may Roman Emperors






14. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






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






16. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






18. Fast






19. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






20. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






21. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






22. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






23. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






24. 1900 to the Present






25. 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






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






27. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






28. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






29. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






30. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






31. 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.






32. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






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






34. French 20th century architect






35. Played the xylophone and marimba






36. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






37. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






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






39. 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






40. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






41. Perfected literary conversation and introduced everyday speech to theater






42. 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






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






44. Famous French impressionist composer






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






46. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






47. Short-Long






48. Published Phenomenology of Mind in 1807 and Philosophy of Right in 1821 - According to the Hegelian dialectic - one thought (i.e. being) invariably leads to a thought of its antithesis (not being) - and the two must come together to form an entirely






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






50. Repititions of geometric lines