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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






2. Science fiction writer






3. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






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






5. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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6. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






7. 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.






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






9. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






10. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






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






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






14. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






16. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






17. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






18. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






19. French impressionist painter






20. Mannerism painter






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






22. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






24. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






25. 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






26. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






27. 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.






28. Two-foot line






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






30. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






31. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






32. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






33. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






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






35. Short-Short






36. Painted 'The Bathers'






37. DNA of the song






38. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






39. Repititions of geometric lines






40. Short-Short-Long






41. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






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






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






44. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






45. 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






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






47. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






48. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






49. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






50. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey