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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. London's Great Fire of 1666 led to ___________'s appointment as Surveyor General - overseeing all the reconstruction work on the royal palaces.






2. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






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






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






5. God of the Underworld and Death






6. This building was built in Rome and contains remains of may Roman Emperors






7. God of Wildlife






8. Beuatiful with ornate borders






9. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






10. Artist of 'The Starry Night' (1889) - also painted 'Sunflowers' and 'Night Cafe'






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






12. God of War






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






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






15. Famous artists during this time: Leonardo da Vinci - Rafael - and Michaelangelo - From 1490 to 1520 - High Renaissance style was composed of order - grace - and harmony - with perfectly proportioned subjects.






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






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






18. 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






19. Painted 'The Bathers'






20. Repititions of geometric lines






21. Took inspiration from Schiller's 'Ode to Joy'






22. 6th Century B.C. - a Greek philosopher and mathematician - founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism






23. Famous French impressionist composer






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






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






26. High quality rugs made by Persian Muslims - valued for their exquisite designs - vivid colors and skillful make. These rugs were in great demand from China to Europe - greatly improving the Abbasid's economy.






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






28. Members of the highest caste in Hinduism






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






30. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






31. 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.






32. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






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






34. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






35. Court dances






36. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






38. Goddess of Marriage






39. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






40. Female Movie Director/Producer who motivated women to do film...Big - A League of Their Own - Jumping Jack Flash






41. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






42. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






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






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






45. God of love and beauty






46. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






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






48. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






49. The text of the opera






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