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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Italian painter - engineer - musician - and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance - filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter he is best known f






2. 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






3. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






10. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






11. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






12. 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.






13. Late 20th century style in which brief patter is textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






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. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






16. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






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






18. Spanish surrealist painter






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






20. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






21. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






22. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






24. Architect who like a statue at every corner






25. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






26. Slow






27. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






28. 20th Century American composer






29. 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.






30. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






31. That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms






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






33. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






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






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






36. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






37. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






38. Wrote Rivals






39. 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






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






41. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






42. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






43. School of nonsense and anti-art






44. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






45. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






46. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






47. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






48. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






49. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






50. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry