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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






3. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






4. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






5. 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






6. American novelist - essayist and satirist - Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer






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






8. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






9. Five-foot line






10. Long-Long






11. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






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






13. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






15. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






16. American composer; Adagio for Strings Abing; Chinese Music;The moon reflected on the second springs.






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






18. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






19. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






20. The central or dominating idea of a work.






21. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






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






23. Short-Short-Long






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






25. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






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






27. God of Marriage






28. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






29. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






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






31. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






32. 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






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






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






35. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






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






37. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






38. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






40. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






41. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






43. God of Wine and Theatre






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






45. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






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






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






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






49. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






50. Thucydides and Herodotus