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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. School of nonsense and anti-art






2. Georges Pierre Seurat






3. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






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






5. Student of michelangelo - made the school of athens - and the madonna and child series. used pudgeyness to show that people aren't as perfect as they thought.






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






7. Wrote Rivals






8. Made a valuable contribution to American folk music by capturing the plaintive spirit of the slaves. 'Camptown Races'






9. Former monk. French humanist - wrote the comic masterpieces Gargantua and Pantagruel - stories contained gross humor.






10. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






11. Wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' and The Count of Monte-Cristo






12. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






13. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






14. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






15. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






16. 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






17. A dance






18. 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






19. The language used to represent things - actions - or ideas - in a descriptive manner. Example: the brook - babbling and bubbling around rocks and stones.






20. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






21. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






22. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






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






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






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






26. United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)






27. Penned the famous phrase 'I think - therefore I am.' - Perhaps better known for his contributions to geometry than philosophy (the Cartesian plane is named after him) - Descartes is actually considered the founder of modern rationalism.






28. Spanish surrealist painter






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






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






31. Goddess of the Hearth - the Home and the Roman state






32. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






33. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






34. 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






35. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






36. Style of art that attempts to portray the imagery of the subconscious mind






37. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






38. Leucippus and Democritus






39. Short-Short






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






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






42. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






43. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style - Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style






44. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






45. Author of the first real historical drama and first English tragedy - The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second






46. Fast






47. Long days journey into night - the iceman center - ah wilderness - desire under the elms - mourning become electric

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48. Subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder






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






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