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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






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






3. Wrote Rivals






4. God of Wisdom






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






6. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






7. Were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Known as the Bell Brothers..'Wuthering Heights'






8. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the ____________ __________ in Spain.






9. 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.






10. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






11. God of Marriage






12. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






13. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses

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14. artist of Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) - Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) - Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) - and The Night Watch - Showed a particular interest in painting the poor and downtrodden - considered the best Dutch






15. Opaque watercolor






16. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






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






18. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






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






20. Impressionistic Music






21. 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






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






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






24. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






25. The warrior caste in Hinduism






26. 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






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






28. Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the first great landscape artists of his time - and was recognized for painting every section of his works himself






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






36. 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






37. A capella singers






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






39. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






40. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






41. 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).






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






43. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






44. Spanish surrealist painter






45. That culture associated with the spread of Greek influence as a result of Macedonian conquests; often seen as the combination of Greek culture with eastern political forms






46. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






48. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






49. Dutch post Impressionistic painter 'Starry Night' color plate 72; moved to France;committed suicide






50. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas