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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






2. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






3. The Color Purple






4. Artist of 'Purple Robe' (1937) - 'The Blue Nude' (1907) - 'The Piano Lesson' (1916) - and 'The Moorish Screen' (1921) - Known for his bold colors and thick - vibrant brushstrokes - pioneer in the modernist movement






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






6. 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.






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






8. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






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






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






12. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






14. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






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






16. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






17. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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24. Italian painter - engineer - musician - and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance - filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter he is best known f






25. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






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






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






28. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






29. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






30. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






31. 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.






32. God of the underworld - and wealth






33. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






34. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






35. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






36. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






37. DNA of the song






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






39. Wrote operas






40. The final unraveling of the plot in any story.






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






42. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






43. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






44. Goddess of Marriage






45. Architect who like a statue at every corner






46. 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.






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






48. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






49. 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






50. The text of the opera







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