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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






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






4. Rebirth






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






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






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






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






9. Beuatiful with ornate borders






10. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






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






12. Rebirth






13. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.






14. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






15. 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






16. Addressing of a person or thing that is not actually their. Example: Romeo - Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?!






17. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






18. 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.






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






20. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






21. 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






22. Opaque watercolor






23. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






24. Mannerism painter






25. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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26. Foremost architect of Baroque - Ecstasy of St. Theresa - David - Apollo and Daphne - Aeneas






27. Goddess of Fortune






28. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






29. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






30. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






31. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






32. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






33. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






34. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






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






36. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






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






39. Wrote operas






40. 20th Century American composer






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






42. 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






43. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






44. Goddess of Agriculture






45. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






46. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






47. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






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






49. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






50. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure







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