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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






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






3. Short-Short-Long






4. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






5. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






6. Figure of speech that give human traits to animals - objects - or ideas. Example: the storm lashed the naked - helpless shore.






7. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






8. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






10. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






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






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






13. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






14. Opaque watercolor






15. 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.






16. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






17. The central or dominating idea of a work.






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






19. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






20. Artist of 'Jack in the Pulpit IV' (1930) - 'Petunia' (1925) - 'Cow's Skull - Red - White - and Blue' (1931) - and 'Red Amaryllis' (1937) - Realistic nature images with strong - vibrant colors identify the works of O'Keeffe

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






22. Court dances






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






24. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






25. 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.






26. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






27. Rebirth






28. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






29. 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.






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






31. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






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






33. Former monk. French humanist - wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel - stories contained gross humor.






34. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






35. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






36. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






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






38. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






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






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






41. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






42. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






43. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






44. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






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






46. Mannerism painter






47. Church in Ravenna - Italy built by Justinian. Known for color - mosaics - and gold.






48. Spanish surrealist painter






49. Spanish surrealist painter






50. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'