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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






2. Beautiful Italian singing






3. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






4. 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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






9. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






11. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






12. Painted 'The Bathers'






13. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






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






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






16. 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.






17. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






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






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






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






21. School of nonsense and anti-art






22. Science fiction writer






23. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






24. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






25. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






26. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






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






29. 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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30. Romantic poet who broke with neoclassical theory in much of his mature poetry - The Prelude - Lyrical Ballads






31. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






32. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






33. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






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

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35. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






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






37. 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






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






39. French impressionist painter






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






41. British abstract sculptor






42. Principally known for novels of manners and middle class English society - Sense and Sensibility - Pride and Prejudice






43. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






44. God of the Sea






45. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






46. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






47. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






48. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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






50. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India







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