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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. American novelist - essayist and satirist - Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer






2. 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






3. 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.






4. Poetry that rhymes at the end of lines






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






6. Messenger of the Gods and Finance






7. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






8. Six-foot line






9. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






10. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






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






12. A style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their own 'manner' or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.






13. God of sun - light - truth - healing






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






15. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






16. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






17. 1.Michelangelo 2.Leonardo de Vinci 3.Raphael






18. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






19. Wrote Two Treatises on Government - also published An Essay Concerning Human Understanding to outline the principles of empiricism.






20. Georges Pierre Seurat






21. Rebirth






22. One-foot line






23. Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato - the tutor of Alexander the Great - and the author of works on logic - metaphysics - ethics - natural sciences - politics - and poetics - he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system - whi






24. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






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






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






27. Goddess of Animals






28. artist of Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) - Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) - Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) - and The Night Watch - Showed a particular interest in painting the poor and downtrodden - considered the best Dutch






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






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






31. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






32. A dance






33. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism






34. Literature whose primary aim is to expound some moral - political - or other teaching.






35. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






36. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






37. God of Marriage






38. The central or dominating idea of a work.






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






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






41. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






42. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






43. French impressionist painter






44. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






45. A plain - sturdy column with a plain capital






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






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






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






49. Impressionistic Music






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







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