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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






2. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






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






4. Gross exaggeration for effect - not to be taken literately. Example: My feet are 'KILLING' me.






5. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






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






7. The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: The fair breeze blew - the white foam flew - the furrow followed free.






8. Rebirth






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






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






11. A dance






12. 19th century French syle of painting that tried to capture the painter's immediate impressions - usually of the outdoors. In music - a term associated witht the music of Debussy and Ravel






13. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






14. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






15. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






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






17. Painted 'The Bathers'






18. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






19. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






20. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






21. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






22. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






23. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






24. Wrote operas






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






26. Leucippus and Democritus






27. Paul Gauguin






28. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






29. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






30. Architect who like a statue at every corner






31. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






32. Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century






33. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






34. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






35. 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






36. French 20th century architect






37. 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






38. 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






39. Opaque watercolor






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






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






42. Wrote Rivals






43. Born in 1508 - ______________ was greatly influenced by Renaissance philosophers and artists - and was made architectural advisor to the Vatican in 1570. His great architectural works include Villa Foscari - Teatro Olimpico - and Palazzo Chiericati -






44. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






45. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






46. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






47. Six tone octave scale in which all successive tones are a whole step apart.






48. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






49. Goddess of Wisdom






50. Italian painter - engineer - musician - and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance - filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter he is best known f