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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






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






3. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






4. Beautiful Italian singing






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






6. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






7. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






8. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






9. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






10. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






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






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






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






14. Goddess of Hunting






15. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






17. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






18. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






19. Two-foot line






20. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






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






22. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






23. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






24. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






25. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






26. 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






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






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






29. Repititions of geometric lines






30. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






31. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






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






33. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






34. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






35. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






36. Architect who like a statue at every corner






37. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






38. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






39. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






40. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






41. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






42. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






43. Opaque watercolor






44. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






45. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






46. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






47. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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48. 1900 to the Present






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






50. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises