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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






2. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






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






4. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style - Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style






5. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






6. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






7. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






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






9. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






10. Famous artists during this time: Leonardo da Vinci - Rafael - and Michaelangelo - From 1490 to 1520 - High Renaissance style was composed of order - grace - and harmony - with perfectly proportioned subjects.






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






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






13. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






15. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






16. A famous cathedral In France






17. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






18. Fast






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






20. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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21. The Starry Night






22. Story of a Great battle between Greece and Troy






23. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






25. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






26. French impressionist painter






27. Architect who like a statue at every corner






28. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






29. Wrote Rivals






30. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






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






32. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






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






34. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






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






36. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






37. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






38. Opaque watercolor






39. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






40. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






41. 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






42. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






43. 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






44. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






45. Late 20th century musical style in which brief patterns - textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






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






47. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






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






49. An epic is a longer poem written in lofty style - presenting characters of high social class in a series of adventures. It is tied to one hero of epic proportions - yet the entire poem details the history of a nation or race. Example: the Odyssey and






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