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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






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






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






4. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






5. Mannerism painter






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






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






8. 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.






9. A famous cathedral In France






10. Painted 'The Bathers'






11. Rebirth






12. Georges Pierre Seurat






13. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






14. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






15. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






16. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






17. Composer - conductor and pianist






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






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






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






21. Chiefly responsible for bringing literature to the middle-class - The Canterbury Tales






22. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






23. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






25. Short-Short-Long






26. Russian composer






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






28. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






29. Three dimensional work of art - statue






30. Science fiction writer






31. Pre-Socrates






32. Opaque watercolor






33. Long-Short






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






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






36. Beuatiful with ornate borders






37. Long-Short-Short






38. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






39. Austrian composer; leader of the 2nd Viennese school: Invented serialism same as 12 tone system; wrote Pierrot Lunaire Landmark piece of music moonstruck Pierrot.






40. Beuatiful with ornate borders






41. 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.






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






43. Focuses on the direct relationship between the individual and the universe and/or God. Well-known existentialists include Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre - with S






44. 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.






45. God of the Underworld and Death






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






47. God of Love






48. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






49. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






50. Wrote Rivals