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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






3. 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.






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






5. A Spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. 'Guernica'






6. 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






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






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






9. Mannerism painter






10. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






11. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






12. Mannerism painter






13. A famous cathedral In France






14. 20th Century American composer






15. Leucippus and Democritus






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






17. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






18. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






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






20. Two-foot line






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






22. Painted 'The Bathers'






23. Founded by the prophet Mohammad - Followers - called Muslims - go by the book of the Qur'an - the word of God as told to Mohammed. There are five basic principles to Islam: first - there is only one God - and Mohammed is the only mouthpiece of God; s






24. 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






25. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






26. Believe in the four noble truths: existence is suffering - suffering is caused by need - suffering can cease - and there is a path to the cessation of suffering. Though Buddhists do not believe in a god - they follow the teachings of the mortal Budd






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






28. Is the belief that Satan represented all things material - and God all things of light; each human being is a composite of matter (Satan) and godly light (God) - and suffered not from sin - but from contact with matter. Founded by Mani Who believed h






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






30. 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






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






32. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






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






34. Pre-Socrates






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






36. British abstract sculptor






37. The text of the opera






38. Famous French impressionist composer






39. Transitional movement in the 1880's connecting Impressionism and cubism in the visual arts






40. Student of Martin Heidegger - wrote 'Truth and Method' - considered to be the father of Hermeneutics - largely argued that it is impossible to be unbiased in anything - and even historical accounts are forever biased by our own experiences. As factua






41. Architectural style of medieval Europe - characterized by semi-circular arches - massive quality - thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers - decorative arcading. Crossed England from France.






42. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






43. 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.






44. The Starry Night






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






46. Famous artists: El Greco - Jacopo Tintoretto - and Antoine Caron - An Italian art form from 1520-1600 - the mannerism movement sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance by deliberately skewing scales and figures - with h






47. Science fiction writer






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






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






50. God of the Underworld and Death