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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






3. Artist of 'Purple Robe' (1937) - 'The Blue Nude' (1907) - 'The Piano Lesson' (1916) - and 'The Moorish Screen' (1921) - Known for his bold colors and thick - vibrant brushstrokes - pioneer in the modernist movement






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






5. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






6. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






7. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






8. Three-foot line






9. American transcendentalist who dealt with macabre issues of insanity and horror - Fall of the House of Usher - Tell Tale Heart - The Raven






10. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






11. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






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






13. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






14. Abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail






15. Faulstaf wants sends identical love letters to two women - they are friends and read them together - they want to get him back so they trick him - their husbands think they are cheating on them so they want to catch them - the wives tell them of thei






16. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






18. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






19. 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






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






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






22. God of Love






23. 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






24. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






25. Real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos - Much of his work expressed religious ecstasy - and El Greco painted many revealing works of devoted ascetics - most notable of which was Burial of the Count Orgaz. An expressionist - his work often included fl






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






27. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).


28. Rebirth






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






30. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






31. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






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






34. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






35. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






36. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






37. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






38. 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






39. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






40. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






41. Science fiction writer






42. Russian composer






43. Science fiction writer






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






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






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






47. The ranaissance artist who led the way in establishing a new style of employing deep space - modeling - and anatomical correctness.






48. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






49. Court dances






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