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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 20th Century American composer






2. The Persistence of Memory






3. 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.






4. The Color Purple






5. Goddess of Love and Beauty






6. Rebirth






7. Georges Pierre Seurat






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

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9. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






10. A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk






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






12. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






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






14. Short-Short






15. Late 20th century style in which brief patter is textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






16. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






17. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






18. 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






19. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






20. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






21. German metaphysician - began his string of successful philosophical publications with Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 - believed that reality extended only so far as an individual's personal degree of 'knowing -' and it is impossible to 'know' thing






22. 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






23. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






24. Foremost architect of Baroque - Ecstasy of St. Theresa - David - Apollo and Daphne - Aeneas






25. 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






26. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






27. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






28. Late 20th century musical style in which brief patterns - textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






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






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






31. The text of the opera






32. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






33. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






34. An example of Byzantine architecture - name this church.






35. God of Wine






36. Composer - conductor and pianist






37. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






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






39. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






40. God of the Sea






41. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






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






43. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






44. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






45. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






46. British abstract sculptor






47. God of love and beauty






48. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






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






50. 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







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