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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






2. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






3. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






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






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






6. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






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






8. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






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. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






11. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






12. I and the Village






13. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






14. Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the first great landscape artists of his time - and was recognized for painting every section of his works himself






15. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






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






17. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






18. Played the xylophone and marimba






19. Based on the practices of li and jen - was based on the ethical system of being neighborly-






20. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






21. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






22. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






23. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






24. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






25. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






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






27. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






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






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






31. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






32. 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.






33. Goddess of Love and Beauty






34. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






35. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






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






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

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38. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






39. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






40. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






41. 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






42. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






43. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






44. 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.






45. Opaque watercolor






46. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






47. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






48. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






49. Beautiful Italian singing






50. Paul Gauguin