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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






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






3. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






4. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






5. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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6. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






7. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






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






9. 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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10. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






11. French 20th century architect






12. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






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






14. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






15. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






16. Artist of 'Purple Robe' (1937) - 'The Blue Nude' (1907) - 'The Piano Lesson' (1916) - and 'The Moorish Screen' (1921) - Known for his bold colors and thick - vibrant brushstrokes - pioneer in the modernist movement






17. 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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18. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






19. 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.






20. God of Wildlife






21. Goddess of Marriage






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






23. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






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






25. Repititions of geometric lines






26. Three dimensional work of art - statue






27. Four-foot line






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






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






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






31. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






32. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






33. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






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






35. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






36. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






37. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






39. One unit of meter in poetry






40. Published Phenomenology of Mind in 1807 and Philosophy of Right in 1821 - According to the Hegelian dialectic - one thought (i.e. being) invariably leads to a thought of its antithesis (not being) - and the two must come together to form an entirely






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






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






43. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






44. Opaque watercolor






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






46. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






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






48. Death of a Salesman






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






50. A dance






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