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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. A classic form of Japanese drama involving heroic themes - a chorus - and dance






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






3. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






4. One-foot line






5. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






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






8. 1900 to the Present






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






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






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






12. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






13. Assembled architectural sculptures of 'found' wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.






14. 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






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






16. Long-Short-Short






17. 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.






18. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






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






20. artist of Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) - Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) - Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) - and The Night Watch - Showed a particular interest in painting the poor and downtrodden - considered the best Dutch






21. Character who comes to a bad end as a result of own behavior or character flaw






22. Wrote 'Frankenstein' which was a criticism of man controlling nature - 'Gothic literature' Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft






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






24. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






25. American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama. 'Murder in the Cathedral'.






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






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






28. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






29. Popular in the 1920s and 30s - art deco work contains geometric three-dimensional forms and curvy surfaces. Subjects are typically men and women from high society jazz age.






30. Wrote Rivals






31. 20th Century American composer






32. Pen name of the novelist and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn






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






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






35. French Post-impressionistic painter; moved to Tahiti to look for the unspoiled life. Mahana No Atua(Day of the Gods). He used flat - 2 dimensional surfaces with strong outlines.






36. Short-Long






37. Played the xylophone and marimba






38. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






39. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






40. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






41. United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)






42. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






43. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






44. Wrote 'Les Miserables' which criticized the French Revolution






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






46. Most important of the French Romantic painters; profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.






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






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






49. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






50. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)