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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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.






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






3. An English maker of pottery and china - he developed mass production of quality porcelain. Signature blue or pink with cameo inset.






4. Seven-foot line






5. God of Wisdom






6. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






7. Rebirth






8. Fast






9. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






10. French Impressionistic music composer; won the Prix de Rome (award given by the French government) Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun; LaMer






11. God of War






12. Who is the architect of this building? (Uses glass walls - abstract - etc.)






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






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






15. Spanish surrealist painter






16. Wrote operas






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






18. 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






19. Wrote Waiting for Godot. The only scenery for the play was a cyclorama (a giant curtain onthe back of the stage) and a single tree with one branch and one leaf.






20. Rebirth






21. Beuatiful with ornate borders






22. French impressionist painter; nude female paintings






23. Leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement - _____________ designed Casa Mila and Casa Batllo in Barcelona.






24. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






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






30. God of Marriage






31. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.






32. French 20th century architect






33. 20th Century American composer






34. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






35. Architect who like a statue at every corner






36. 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






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






38. Considered the greatest English poet and dramatist -Hamlet - King Lear - Macbeth - Romeo and Juliet - Twelfth Night - Richard III - Julius Caesar - Much Ado






39. A famous cathedral In France






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






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






42. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






43. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






44. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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45. Short-Short






46. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage






47. Realist novelist - Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Cities. Oliver Twist - A Christmas Carol - The Pickwick Papers






48. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






49. Repititions of geometric lines






50. A pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time - plurality - and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.