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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






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






3. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






4. One unit of meter in poetry






5. Impressionistic Music






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






7. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






8. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






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






10. God of the Sea






11. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






12. Science fiction writer






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






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






15. 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






16. Composer - conductor and pianist






17. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






18. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






19. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






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






22. Three dimensional work of art - statue






23. Laborer caste in Hinduism






24. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






25. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






26. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






27. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






28. 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.






29. Long-Short-Short






30. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






31. Wrote Rivals






32. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






33. God of Wine and Theatre






34. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






35. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






36. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






37. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






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






39. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






40. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He






41. 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.






42. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






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






44. God of War






45. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






46. Romantic novelist whose liberal social and political views underscore her work - Frankenstein - the Last Man






47. One-foot line






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






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






50. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.