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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






2. Slow






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






4. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






5. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






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

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7. 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






8. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material






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






10. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






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






12. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






13. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






14. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






15. 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.






16. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






17. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






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






19. Real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos - Much of his work expressed religious ecstasy - and El Greco painted many revealing works of devoted ascetics - most notable of which was Burial of the Count Orgaz. An expressionist - his work often included fl






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






21. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






22. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






23. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






24. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






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






26. The Persistence of Memory






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






28. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






29. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






30. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Mannerism painter






36. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






37. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






39. 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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40. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






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






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






43. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






44. 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






45. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world.






46. That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms






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






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






49. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






50. The Color Purple