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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






2. 20th Century American composer






3. Played the xylophone and marimba






4. 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






5. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






6. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






7. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






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






9. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






10. Composer - conductor and pianist






11. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






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






13. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






14. Action painting - put his canvas on the floor and brought his whole body into action while he splashed and dripped colors in swirling configurations






15. 20th Century American composer






16. Mannerism painter






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






18. Perfected literary conversation and introduced everyday speech to theater






19. It is assigning lines that have the same rhyme at the end - a matching letter.






20. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






21. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






22. British abstract sculptor






23. 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.






24. Court dances






25. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






26. Published Phenomenology of Mind in 1807 and Philosophy of Right in 1821 - According to the Hegelian dialectic - one thought (i.e. being) invariably leads to a thought of its antithesis (not being) - and the two must come together to form an entirely






27. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






28. Beuatiful with ornate borders






29. British abstract sculptor






30. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






31. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






32. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






33. 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.






34. God of Wildlife






35. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






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






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






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






39. The central or dominating idea of a work.






40. French landscape painter - artist of 'Dusk' (1908) - considered to be one of the founders of impressionism






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






42. Born in 1508 - ______________ was greatly influenced by Renaissance philosophers and artists - and was made architectural advisor to the Vatican in 1570. His great architectural works include Villa Foscari - Teatro Olimpico - and Palazzo Chiericati -






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






44. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






45. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






46. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






47. Court dances






48. 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






49. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






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