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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






2. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






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






4. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






5. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






6. Leucippus and Democritus






7. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






8. Eight-foot line






9. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






10. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






11. Georges Pierre Seurat






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






13. Opaque watercolor






14. Court dances






15. Science fiction writer






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






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






18. God of love and beauty






19. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






20. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






21. What does the symbol U mean in poetry?






22. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






23. Implied comparison between two normally unrelated things - indicating a likeness between them. Words can also be used to replace other words. Example: His room is a dump.






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






25. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






26. A famous cathedral In France






27. Spanish surrealist painter






28. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






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






30. Is a form of writing that blends criticism with humor and wit. Ridiculing with purpose of inspiring reform.






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






32. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






33. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






35. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






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






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






38. Played the xylophone and marimba






39. 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






40. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






41. Fast






42. Four-foot line






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






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






45. Addressing of a person or thing that is not actually their. Example: Romeo - Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?!






46. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






47. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






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






49. Opaque watercolor






50. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?