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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






2. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






3. God of Wildlife






4. French 20th century architect






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






6. 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






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






8. Goddess of Animals






9. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






10. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






11. Based on the practices of li and jen - was based on the ethical system of being neighborly-






12. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.






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






14. One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state - the people were divided into three different groups.






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






16. Spanish surrealist painter






17. Three dimensional work of art - statue






18. Known for ragtime music - piano player. Composed 'The Entertainment'






19. Architect who like a statue at every corner






20. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






21. Composer - conductor and pianist






22. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






23. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






24. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






25. A capella singers






26. Repititions of geometric lines






27. 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






28. One of the first to use cubism - painted 'The Old Guitar Player' (1905) - predominantly painted in blue tones






29. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






30. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






31. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






32. 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.






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






34. Court dances






35. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






36. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






37. 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.






38. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






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






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






41. Short-Short-Long






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






43. What does the symbol ' mean in poetry?






44. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






45. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






46. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






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






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

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49. Long-Short-Short






50. Three-foot line