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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






3. French impressionist painter






4. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






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






6. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






7. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






8. Goddess of Love and Beauty






9. 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






10. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






12. Six-foot line






13. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






14. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






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






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






17. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






23. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






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






25. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






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






27. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






28. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






29. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






30. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






31. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






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






33. Long-Short-Short






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

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35. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






36. God of the underworld - and wealth






37. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






38. Leucippus and Democritus






39. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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






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






42. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






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






44. Spanish surrealist painter






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






46. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






47. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






48. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance - developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus






49. German metaphysician - began his string of successful philosophical publications with Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 - believed that reality extended only so far as an individual's personal degree of 'knowing -' and it is impossible to 'know' thing






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