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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. God of Wine and Theatre






2. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






3. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






4. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






5. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






6. Famous French impressionist composer






7. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






8. An epic is a longer poem written in lofty style - presenting characters of high social class in a series of adventures. It is tied to one hero of epic proportions - yet the entire poem details the history of a nation or race. Example: the Odyssey and






9. Goddess of Wisdom






10. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






11. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






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






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






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






15. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






16. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






17. Court dances






18. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






20. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






21. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






22. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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23. Three-foot line






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






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






26. 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






27. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






35. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






36. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






37. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei






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






39. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






40. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






41. Goddess of Fortune






42. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






43. Italian painter - engineer - musician - and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance - filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter he is best known f






44. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






45. 1900 to the Present






46. 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






47. God of the Sea






48. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






49. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






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