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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






2. Based on the practices of li and jen - was based on the ethical system of being neighborly-






3. Fast






4. Rebirth






5. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






6. Five-foot line






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. 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.






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






10. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






12. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






13. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






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






15. 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






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






17. British abstract sculptor






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






19. 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






20. Artist of 'Jack in the Pulpit IV' (1930) - 'Petunia' (1925) - 'Cow's Skull - Red - White - and Blue' (1931) - and 'Red Amaryllis' (1937) - Realistic nature images with strong - vibrant colors identify the works of O'Keeffe

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






22. Goddess of Fortune






23. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






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






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






26. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






27. 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






28. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






29. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






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






31. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






32. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






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






34. Long-Short






35. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






36. 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






37. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






38. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






39. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






40. 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.






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






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






43. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






44. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






45. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






46. 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






47. Four-foot line






48. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






49. 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.






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