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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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






2. School of nonsense and anti-art






3. Wrote Leviathan - and believed that human life on its own was 'solitary - poor - nasty - brutish - and short.' - argued for a strong - even brutal government in order to keep humanity from becoming savages.






4. American Playwright: The Crucible; Death of a Salesman; All My Sons






5. 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






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






7. An epic is a longer poem written in lofty style - presenting characters of high social class in a series of adventures. It is tied to one hero of epic proportions - yet the entire poem details the history of a nation or race. Example: the Odyssey and






8. The most slender and ornate of the three Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves.






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






10. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas






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






12. Russian composer






13. Fast






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






15. 20th Century American composer






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






17. Libertine whose focused prose - Social Contract






18. 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






19. British abstract sculptor






20. Clothed upright statues of women - often of goddesses (generally the Archaic period)






21. Architect who liked a statue at every corner






22. Opaque watercolor






23. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






24. Court dances






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






26. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






27. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






28. Fast






29. God of Wine and Theatre






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

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31. Composer - conductor and pianist






32. French female author of more than eighty novels who took a man's name and dressed in male attire to protest the treatment of women






33. Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. Exp. of Baroque style in France






34. A sect of hedonism (Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure) that believes that pleasure of the mind - not just the senses - is the ultimate good. Thoroughly defended by Ancient Greek philosophers - the base of this belief system is that the goal of every






35. Made the first talking movie in 1927..The 'Jazz Singer'






36. Theodore Gericault - 1791-1824 - Eugene Delacroix - 1798-1863






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






38. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






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






40. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






41. Seven-foot line






42. The text of the opera






43. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






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






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






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






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

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48. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






49. Architect who like a statue at every corner






50. God of War