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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






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






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






4. Found on Easter Island - The South Pacific






5. Carried the motion picture into the new era with his silent epics (The Birth of a Nation - Intolerance - etc.) which introduced serious plots and elaborate productions to filmmaking.






6. A taller - thinner column with scroll shapes on its capital






7. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






8. Wrote operas






9. 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






10. Euripidedes - Aeschylus - and Sophodes






11. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






12. School of nonsense and anti-art






13. He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of Samson






14. Three-foot line






15. Pre-Socrates






16. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)






17. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






18. Spanish surrealist painter






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






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






21. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






22. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects; Stone carvings - Crosses with interlace patterns - metal work - manuscripts






23. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






24. 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






25. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






26. Italian painter - engineer - musician - and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance - filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painter he is best known f






27. An example of Byzantine architecture - name this church.






28. Goldsmith and sculptor - wrote one of the first autobiographies






29. Six-foot line






30. 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.






31. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






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






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






34. Real name was Domenicos Theotocopoulos - Much of his work expressed religious ecstasy - and El Greco painted many revealing works of devoted ascetics - most notable of which was Burial of the Count Orgaz. An expressionist - his work often included fl






35. Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)






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






37. Visual artist and poet who defined neoclassical convention - Songs of Innocence - Songs of Cxperience






38. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






39. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






41. One-foot line






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






47. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






48. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






49. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






50. Opaque watercolor