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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






2. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






3. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






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






5. 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






6. Opaque watercolor






7. Is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin - containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.






8. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






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






10. Goddess of Animals






11. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






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






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






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






16. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






17. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






18. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






19. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






21. 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.






22. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






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






24. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






25. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






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






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






28. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






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






30. An example of Byzantine architecture - name this church.






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






32. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






34. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






35. 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






36. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






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






38. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






39. Spanish surrealist painter






40. 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






41. Goddess of Agriculture






42. 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.






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






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






46. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






47. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






48. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






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






50. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic