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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






3. Court dances






4. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






5. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






6. 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.






7. Spanish surrealist painter






8. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






9. Wrote Rivals






10. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






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






12. Dutch post Impressionistic painter 'Starry Night' color plate 72; moved to France;committed suicide






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






14. Famous French impressionist composer






15. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






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






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






18. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






19. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






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






21. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






22. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






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






25. God of the sea






26. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






27. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






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






29. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






30. Fast






31. 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.






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






33. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






34. Mannerism painter






35. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






36. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






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






38. Played the xylophone and marimba






39. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






40. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






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






42. Goddess of Agriculture






43. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






44. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






45. Famous French impressionist composer






46. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






47. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






48. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






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






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