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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Three-foot line






3. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






4. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






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






6. 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






7. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






8. 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






9. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






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






11. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






13. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






14. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






15. Real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos - Much of his work expressed religious ecstasy - and El Greco painted many revealing works of devoted ascetics - most notable of which was Burial of the Count Orgaz. An expressionist - his work often included fl






16. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






17. Goddess of Hunting






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






19. Long-Short-Short






20. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






21. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






22. Fast






23. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






24. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei






25. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






26. Spanish surrealist painter






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






28. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






29. Goddess of Fortune






30. British abstract sculptor






31. Architect who like a statue at every corner






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






33. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






34. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






35. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






36. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






37. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






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






39. Georges Pierre Seurat






40. External support for the walls of Gothic buildings was provided by what?






41. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






42. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






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






44. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






45. God of the Sea






46. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






47. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






48. 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.






49. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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