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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. French 20th century architect






3. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






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






5. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






6. A dance






7. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






8. God of Wine






9. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






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






11. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






12. Opaque watercolor






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






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






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






16. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






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






18. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






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






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






21. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






22. 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






23. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






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






25. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






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






27. Impressionistic Music






28. DNA of the song






29. Paul Gauguin






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






31. Mannerism painter






32. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






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






34. The text of the opera






35. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






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






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






38. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






39. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






40. An epic is a longer poem written in lofty style - presenting characters of high social class in a series of adventures. It is tied to one hero of epic proportions - yet the entire poem details the history of a nation or race. Example: the Odyssey and






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






42. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






43. 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.






44. 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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45. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






46. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






47. Court dances






48. 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.






49. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






50. Pre-Socrates