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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Played the xylophone and marimba






2. French landscape painter - artist of 'Dusk' (1908) - considered to be one of the founders of impressionism






3. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






4. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






5. 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.






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






7. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






8. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






9. 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






10. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






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






12. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






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






14. Founded by the prophet Mohammad - Followers - called Muslims - go by the book of the Qur'an - the word of God as told to Mohammed. There are five basic principles to Islam: first - there is only one God - and Mohammed is the only mouthpiece of God; s






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






16. Georges Pierre Seurat






17. Spanish surrealist painter






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






19. God of Wisdom






20. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






21. 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.






22. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






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






24. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






25. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






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






27. Science fiction writer






28. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






29. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






30. Architect who like a statue at every corner






31. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






32. Goddess of Wisdom






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






34. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






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






36. 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.






37. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






38. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






39. God of Wine






40. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






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






42. Court dances






43. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






45. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






46. Principally known for novels of manners and middle class English society - Sense and Sensibility - Pride and Prejudice






47. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






48. Goddess of Love and Beauty






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






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







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