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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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.






2. Beautiful Italian singing






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






4. One of the first to use cubism - painted 'The Old Guitar Player' (1905) - predominantly painted in blue tones






5. Long-Long






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






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






8. Science fiction writer






9. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






10. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






11. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






12. Fast






13. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






14. Long-Short-Short






15. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






16. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






17. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






19. 'Father of Western Philosophy'. Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water.






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






21. The use of an object to represent another object or idea.






22. Architect who like a statue at every corner






23. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






24. Short-Short-Long






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






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






27. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






28. Rebirth






29. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






30. Science fiction writer






31. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






32. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






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

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34. French Post-impressionistic painter; moved to Tahiti to look for the unspoiled life. Mahana No Atua(Day of the Gods). He used flat - 2 dimensional surfaces with strong outlines.






35. Goddess of Hunting






36. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






37. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






44. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






45. Spanish surrealist painter






46. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






47. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






48. Consists of lines that do not have regular meter or rhyme






49. Wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' about a working-class African American family struggling against poverty and racism.






50. Wrote 'Being and Time'. nfluenced by the work of Edmund Husserl and considered a founding father of existentialism - Heidegger ultimately rejected both associations. Instead - he focused simply on 'being' and examining human moods and experiences. He







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