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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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.






2. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






3. Two-foot line






4. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






5. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






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






7. 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






8. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






9. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






10. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






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






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






14. 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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15. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






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






17. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






18. Spanish surrealist painter






19. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






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






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






22. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






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






24. Six tone octave scale in which all successive tones are a whole step apart.






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






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






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






28. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance - developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus






29. Beuatiful with ornate borders






30. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






32. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






33. Paul Gauguin






34. 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






35. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






36. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.






37. The oldest surviving complete illuminated gospel book in the insular style; probably created between 650-700 in Northumbria (northern England/southern Scotland)






38. Seven-foot line






39. God of love and beauty






40. Wrote operas






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






42. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






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






44. 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






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






46. The 'old' stone age - during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings






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






48. Three dimensional work of art - statue






49. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






50. Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural - lifelike figures - such as the bronze statue David.