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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






3. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






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






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






6. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






7. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






8. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






9. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






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






11. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






12. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






13. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






14. God of the Underworld and Death






15. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






16. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






17. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






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






19. Pre-Socrates






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






21. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






22. God of the Sea






23. 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.






24. Wrote operas






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






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






27. 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






28. Goddess of Wisdom






29. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






30. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






31. Goddess of Love and Beauty






32. 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






33. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






34. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






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






36. Rebirth






37. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






38. Composer - conductor and pianist






39. Spanish surrealist painter






40. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






41. Five-foot line






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






43. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






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






45. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






46. Spanish surrealist painter






47. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






49. French 20th century architect






50. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back







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