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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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.






2. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






3. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






4. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






5. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






6. 698-721. hiberno-saxon. mix of christian imagery & northern animal interlace style. classical style: curtain






7. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






8. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






9. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)






10. Bessanio along with others are courting a girl - they have to pick a certain box - Bessanio picks the right one and is allowed to marry her






11. Painter - sculpter - architect - engineer - musician; invented the court painter of the king of France; 'Mona Lisa -' 'The Last Supper'(classical) - 'Vitruvian Man'(anatomy)






12. 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.






13. Composer - conductor and pianist






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






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






16. 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






17. Novelist who won Nobel Peace prize - advanced humanitarian causes. 'Americans in China'






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






19. God of the underworld - and wealth






20. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures






21. Famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people






22. His works provided the basis for love poetry and popularized the theme of humanism - The Cazoniere






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






27. Penned the famous phrase 'I think - therefore I am.' - Perhaps better known for his contributions to geometry than philosophy (the Cartesian plane is named after him) - Descartes is actually considered the founder of modern rationalism.






28. Court dances






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






30. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






31. Literature whose primary aim is to expound some moral - political - or other teaching.






32. One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance - developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus






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


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






35. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






37. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson






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






39. Is the last accepted pagan philosophy and was founded by Plotinus around 300 AD and based around the ideas of Plato. Disregarding the idea of separate - opposite realms of being (such as good and evil) - Plotinus instead mapped out a logical order to






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






41. 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






42. A musical composition for voices and orchestra






43. A dance






44. Refers to the classical revival in European art - architecture - and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century






45. Pre-Socrates






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






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






48. Influential in establishing the heroic couplet - Alexander's Feast - heroic stanzas






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






50. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'