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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






2. Goddess of Animals






3. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






4. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






5. Two-foot line






6. Short-Short






7. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






8. 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






9. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






14. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






15. Short-Long






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






17. Wrote Rivals






18. 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.






19. Fast






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






21. Famous French impressionist composer






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






23. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






24. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






25. Four-foot line






26. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






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






28. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






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






30. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






31. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






32. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






33. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






34. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






35. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






37. The Starry Night






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






39. God of the underworld - and wealth






40. 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






41. Thucydides and Herodotus






42. 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.






43. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






44. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






45. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






46. Mannerism painter






47. Plato and Aristotle






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






49. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






50. God of Love