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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Impressionistic Music






2. Architectural style of medieval Europe - characterized by semi-circular arches - massive quality - thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers - decorative arcading. Crossed England from France.






3. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






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






5. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






6. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






8. Spanish surrealist painter






9. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






10. 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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11. 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






12. Spanish surrealist painter






13. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






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






15. The Color Purple






16. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






17. Fast






18. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He






19. Addressing of a person or thing that is not actually their. Example: Romeo - Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?!






20. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






21. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






22. Court dances






23. Three dimensional work of art - statue






24. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






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






26. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






27. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






28. Beuatiful with ornate borders






29. 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






30. Goddess of the Hearth - the Home and the Roman state






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






32. Ancient Greek philosopher - wrote Republic and Symposium - credited with being the most influential force on Western philosophy of all time. He taught the likes of Aristotle - and expressed his philosophical beliefs largely through fictional dialogue






33. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






34. 20th Century American composer






35. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






36. A capella singers






37. Beuatiful with ornate borders






38. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






39. 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.






40. Georges Pierre Seurat






41. Former monk. French humanist - wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel - stories contained gross humor.






42. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






43. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






44. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






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






46. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






47. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






48. School of nonsense and anti-art






49. 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






50. A musical composition for voices and orchestra