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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






3. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






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






5. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






6. Fast






7. Painted 'The Bathers'






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






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






10. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






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






12. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






13. Wrote Rivals






14. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






15. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






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






17. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






18. God of the Underworld and Death






19. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






20. Long-Short-Short






21. 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






22. Goddess of Wisdom






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






30. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






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






32. Austrian composer; leader of the 2nd Viennese school: Invented serialism same as 12 tone system; wrote Pierrot Lunaire Landmark piece of music moonstruck Pierrot.






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






34. Two-foot line






35. Penned the famous phrase 'I think - therefore I am.' - Perhaps better known for his contributions to geometry than philosophy (the Cartesian plane is named after him) - Descartes is actually considered the founder of modern rationalism.






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

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37. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).






38. Noted for his direct style - clear - sharp prose and critical wit - Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub






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






40. Opaque watercolor






41. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






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






43. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






44. Painted 'The Bathers'






45. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






46. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






47. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






48. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






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






50. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau