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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






2. Pre-Socrates






3. The Starry Night






4. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






5. Russian composer






6. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






7. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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


9. French 20th century architect






10. God of Love






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






12. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






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






14. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






15. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






16. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






17. Beautiful Italian singing






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






19. Leucippus and Democritus






20. French 20th century architect






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






22. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






23. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






24. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






25. Short-Short






26. Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century






27. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






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






29. An example of Byzantine architecture - name this church.






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






31. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






32. Architect who like a statue at every corner






33. 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.






34. Court dances






35. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






36. Death of a Salesman






37. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






38. Rebirth






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






40. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






41. Famous French impressionist composer






42. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






43. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






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






45. Goddess of Fortune






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






47. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






48. A story were characters or objects represent abstract idea or qualities. i.e. Goodness - Evil - Love - Death - etc...






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






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