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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. God of Wine






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






3. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






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






5. Chiefly responsible for bringing literature to the middle-class - The Canterbury Tales






6. 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






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






8. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






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 impressionist painter; nude female paintings






11. God of Wine and Theatre






12. Goddess of Love and Beauty






13. 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.






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






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






16. Mannerism painter






17. 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






18. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






20. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






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






22. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






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. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






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






26. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






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






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






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






30. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






31. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






32. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






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






34. The central or dominating idea of a work.






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






36. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






38. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






39. God of love and beauty






40. Goddess of Fortune






41. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






42. 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.






43. Gods of Inspiration for literature - Science - and the arts






44. Wrote operas






45. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






46. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






47. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






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






49. 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






50. Four-foot line