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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






2. Composer - conductor and pianist






3. The Color Purple






4. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






6. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






7. 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






8. 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






9. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






10. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






11. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






12. Plato and Aristotle






13. Wrote operas






14. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






15. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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

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17. Architectural style of medieval Europe - characterized by semi-circular arches - massive quality - thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers - decorative arcading. Crossed England from France.






18. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






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






20. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






21. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






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






23. Fast






24. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






25. Goddess of Love and Beauty






26. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






27. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






28. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






29. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






30. Foremost literary critic of the romantic period - Rime of the Ancient Mariner






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






32. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






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






34. Fast






35. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






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






37. Seven-foot line






38. Founded by the prophet Mohammad - Followers - called Muslims - go by the book of the Qur'an - the word of God as told to Mohammed. There are five basic principles to Islam: first - there is only one God - and Mohammed is the only mouthpiece of God; s






39. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






41. The use of an object to represent another object or idea.






42. 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






43. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






44. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






45. 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.






46. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






47. A dance






48. French 20th century architect






49. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






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