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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. School of nonsense and anti-art






3. 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






4. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






5. Both describes the Chinese manner of thought - and a major Chinese religion - Largely adopted from Buddhism - Taoism incorporates many gods - the head of which is the Jade Emperor - with the Emperor of the Eastern Mountain serving as second-in-comman






6. 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






7. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






8. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






9. God of Wisdom






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






11. God of War






12. Late 20th century musical style in which brief patterns - textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






13. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






14. The creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music.






15. 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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






19. Short-Short-Long






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






21. The works of ancient Greece and Rome; Homer - Sophocles - and Aeschylus. Major philosophers included Socrates - Plato - and Aristotle. Aristotle's Poetics described the art of tragedy; Socrates set down the foundation for a humanist philosophy later






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






23. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






24. Architect who like a statue at every corner






25. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






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






27. Noted for its rich use of ornamental domes - colorful mosaics - and lavish decorations






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






29. Twentieth-century novelist - used the stream-of-consciousness technique in his novel The Sound of Fury - whose intense drama is seen through the eyes of an idiot.






30. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






31. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






32. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Girl Before a Mirror






33. Beautiful Italian singing






34. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






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






36. 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.






37. A contradiction of a story as it appears to its characters - and what the audience knows as true.






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






39. A capella singers






40. One-foot line






41. 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.






42. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






43. 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






44. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






45. French Painter - Impressionism - did horses and ballet dancers






46. Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century






47. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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48. Famous ballet dancer - known as 'the mother of dance'






49. God of Doors and beginnings and endings






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