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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






2. Leucippus and Democritus






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






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






5. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






6. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






7. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






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






9. Short-Long






10. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






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






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






13. Painted 'The Bathers'






14. 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.






15. God of Wine






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






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






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. artist of Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) - Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) - Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) - and The Night Watch - Showed a particular interest in painting the poor and downtrodden - considered the best Dutch






20. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






21. 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






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






23. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






24. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






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






27. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






29. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






31. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






32. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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






34. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






35. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






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






37. Court dances






38. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






39. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






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






41. 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.






42. French 20th century architect






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






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






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






46. Played the xylophone and marimba






47. Romantic poet who broke with neoclassical theory in much of his mature poetry - The Prelude - Lyrical Ballads






48. 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






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






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