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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






2. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.






3. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






4. 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






5. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






6. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






7. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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8. 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.






9. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






11. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






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






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






15. Famous French impressionist composer






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






17. 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.






18. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






19. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






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






21. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






22. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






23. God of Love






24. A dance






25. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






26. What type of column is a simple - plain shaft?






27. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






28. Art which shows figures both religious or non-religious - more realistic - emphasis on nature - three dimensional with perspective - people are active and show great emotion






29. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






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






32. Is the belief that Satan represented all things material - and God all things of light; each human being is a composite of matter (Satan) and godly light (God) - and suffered not from sin - but from contact with matter. Founded by Mani Who believed h






33. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






34. Gods of Inspiration for literature - Science - and the arts






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






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






37. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






38. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






39. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






40. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






41. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






42. 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.






43. French impressionist painter






44. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






45. One-foot line






46. Repititions of geometric lines






47. 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






48. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






49. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






50. Court dances







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