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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 1900 to the Present






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






3. Painted 'Annunciation' - Annunciation - Siena Cathedral - Italy - international gothic - (Early 14th)






4. The text of the opera






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


6. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






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






8. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






9. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






10. Eight-foot line






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






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






13. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






14. Short-Short-Long






15. A style characteristic of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe - subjects of portraits expanded beyond religious figures to nature and ordinary individuals. Many paintings incorporated long hallways and views through windows or doorways.






16. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






17. The repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry






18. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






19. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Laborer caste in Hinduism






25. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






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






27. 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).






28. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






29. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






30. French impressionist painter






31. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall






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






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






34. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






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






36. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






37. 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.






38. God of sun - light - truth - healing






39. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






40. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






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






42. Death of a Salesman






43. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






44. Beuatiful with ornate borders






45. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






46. A capella singers






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






48. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






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






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