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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






3. Goddess of Animals






4. God of Wildlife






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






6. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






8. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






10. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






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






12. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






13. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






14. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






15. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






16. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






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






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






19. Opaque watercolor






20. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






21. Slow






22. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






23. 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






24. Famous French impressionist composer






25. God of the sea






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






27. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






28. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






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






30. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






31. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






32. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






33. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






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






35. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






36. 20th Century American composer






37. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






38. Opaque watercolor






39. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






40. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






41. 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






42. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






43. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






44. Famous French impressionist composer






45. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world.






46. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






47. British abstract sculptor






48. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






49. Penned the famous phrase 'I think - therefore I am.' - Perhaps better known for his contributions to geometry than philosophy (the Cartesian plane is named after him) - Descartes is actually considered the founder of modern rationalism.






50. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?