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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. What type of column has scrolls - and is taller?






2. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






3. 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






4. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






5. 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).






6. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






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






8. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






9. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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10. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






11. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






12. Designed by Mayans - this was once a temple - next to the Pyramid of Sacrifice. Located at Uxmal - it was used for sacrificial ceremonies as late as 1673.






13. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






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






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






16. God of the Underworld and Death






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






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






19. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






20. The Starry Night






21. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






22. Six-foot line






23. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






24. Spanish Romantic Painter - Disaster of war series - Third Day of May - Rembrandt influence - moral issues - court painter to Charles IV






25. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






26. God of Wildlife






27. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






28. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






30. An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface.






31. Principally known for novels of manners and middle class English society - Sense and Sensibility - Pride and Prejudice






32. Published Phenomenology of Mind in 1807 and Philosophy of Right in 1821 - According to the Hegelian dialectic - one thought (i.e. being) invariably leads to a thought of its antithesis (not being) - and the two must come together to form an entirely






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






34. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






35. 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.






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






37. Famous French impressionist composer






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






39. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






40. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






42. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






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






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






46. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






47. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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

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






50. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance - developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus