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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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.






2. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






3. Goddess of Love and Beauty






4. God of the underworld - and wealth






5. 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






6. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






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






8. 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.






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






10. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






11. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






13. 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






14. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






15. Designed by Mayans - this was once a temple - next to the Pyramid of Sacrifice. Located at Uxmal - it was used for sacrificial ceremonies as late as 1673.






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






17. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






18. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






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






20. English novelist - Great Expectations - Oliver Twist






21. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






22. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






23. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






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






25. 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






26. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






27. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






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






29. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






30. Wrote Rivals






31. Played the xylophone and marimba






32. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






33. Goddess of Animals






34. Composer - conductor and pianist






35. Court dances






36. God of Wine and Theatre






37. 20th Century American composer






38. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






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

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40. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






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






42. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






43. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






44. Part of the Counter Reformation. Displayed a religious theme - red and gold color scheme - dark (sinner) vs. light (saint) - and was intensely dramatic. Early Baroque art was dominated by Spain.






45. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






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






47. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






48. Six tone octave scale in which all successive tones are a whole step apart.






49. Perfected literary conversation and introduced everyday speech to theater






50. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz