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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






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






3. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. French 20th century architect






10. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






11. 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.






12. 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






13. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






14. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






15. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






16. One of the first to use cubism - painted 'The Old Guitar Player' (1905) - predominantly painted in blue tones






17. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






18. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






19. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






20. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






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






22. Eight-foot line






23. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






24. 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.






25. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






26. Plato's teacher - declared that the gods had named him the wisest of all humanity - because he was the only one who knew how little he knew - he was later condemned to death by drinking poison hemlock by fellow Athenians for his alleged atheism.






27. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






28. 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






29. 20th Century American composer






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






31. God of War






32. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






33. Famous French impressionist composer






34. 20th Century American composer






35. Gross exaggeration for effect - not to be taken literately. Example: My feet are 'KILLING' me.






36. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






37. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






38. Mannerism painter






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






40. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






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






42. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






44. Architect who like a statue at every corner






45. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






47. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






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






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






50. Pre-Socrates