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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Death of a Salesman






2. 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






3. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






4. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






5. Five-foot line






6. 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






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






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. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






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






11. Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the first great landscape artists of his time - and was recognized for painting every section of his works himself






12. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






13. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






14. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






15. French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school. Known as the 'poet of the piano'






16. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






17. 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






18. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






19. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






20. Three dimensional work of art - statue






21. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






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






23. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






24. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






25. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






26. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






27. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






28. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






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






30. Gross exaggeration for effect - not to be taken literately. Example: My feet are 'KILLING' me.






31. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






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






33. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






34. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






35. Goddess of Marriage






36. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance - developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus






37. Wrote Rivals






38. DNA of the song






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






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






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






42. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Girl Before a Mirror






43. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






44. Two-foot line






45. Slow






46. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






47. 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






48. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






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






50. Long-Short-Short