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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






2. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






3. African American writer who wrote Oak and Ivy and about the lives of slavery






4. British abstract sculptor






5. Foremost architect of Baroque - Ecstasy of St. Theresa - David - Apollo and Daphne - Aeneas






6. 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






7. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






8. One unit of meter in poetry






9. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar






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






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






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






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






14. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






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






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






17. Pre-Socrates






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






19. God of the underworld - and wealth






20. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






21. Spanish surrealist painter






22. 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).






23. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






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






25. Part of the Counter Reformation. Displayed a religious theme - red and gold color scheme - dark (sinner) vs. light (saint) - and was intensely dramatic. Early Baroque art was dominated by Spain.






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






27. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






28. I and the Village






29. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






31. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






32. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






33. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






34. Modernist poet and theorist - The Waste Land






35. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






36. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






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






38. Student of michelangelo - made the school of athens - and the madonna and child series. used pudgeyness to show that people aren't as perfect as they thought.






39. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






40. Rebirth






41. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






42. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






43. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






44. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






45. God of the Sea






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






47. God of Love






48. Impressionistic Music






49. God of the sea






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