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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






2. 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






3. Student of Martin Heidegger - wrote 'Truth and Method' - considered to be the father of Hermeneutics - largely argued that it is impossible to be unbiased in anything - and even historical accounts are forever biased by our own experiences. As factua






4. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






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






6. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






7. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






8. 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.






9. God of War






10. Chiefly responsible for bringing literature to the middle-class - The Canterbury Tales






11. Plato's teacher - declared that the gods had named him the wisest of all humanity - because he was the only one who knew how little he knew - he was later condemned to death by drinking poison hemlock by fellow Athenians for his alleged atheism.






12. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






13. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






14. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.






15. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






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






17. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






18. Repititions of geometric lines






19. Four-foot line






20. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






21. French impressionist painter






22. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






24. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






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






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. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






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






29. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






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






31. American composer; Adagio for Strings Abing; Chinese Music;The moon reflected on the second springs.






32. Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work






33. Painted 'The Bathers'






34. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






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






36. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






38. Dutch post Impressionistic painter 'Starry Night' color plate 72; moved to France;committed suicide






39. Poetry that rhymes at the end of lines






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






41. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






42. Spanish surrealist painter






43. Transitional movement in the 1880's connecting Impressionism and cubism in the visual arts






44. Russian Composer; Paris; Ballets; won acceptance from the public; Firebird; Petrouchka; The right of Spring; Master of rhythm






45. Penned the famous phrase 'I think - therefore I am.' - Perhaps better known for his contributions to geometry than philosophy (the Cartesian plane is named after him) - Descartes is actually considered the founder of modern rationalism.






46. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






47. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






48. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






49. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






50. Beautiful Italian singing