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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Goddess of Animals






2. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the ___________ housing design - a take-off on his earlier prairie houses - in response to the vast demand for low income housing.






3. French landscape painter - artist of 'Dusk' (1908) - considered to be one of the founders of impressionism






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






5. Free-standing statues of nude male youths






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






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






8. Slow






9. The Color Purple






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

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11. 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






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






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






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






15. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






16. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






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






18. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






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






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






21. Frank Lloyd Wright designed what?






22. God of Fire - the Forge and Blacksmiths






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






24. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)






25. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






26. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






27. Mannerism painter






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






29. Gross exaggeration for effect - not to be taken literately. Example: My feet are 'KILLING' me.






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. External support for the walls of Gothic buildings was provided by what?






34. Beautiful Italian singing






35. Possibly the most famous English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal - Swift (1667 - 1745) was a clergyman and Irishman - which often made hilarious impact in his writings (such as A Tale of a Tub and the aforementioned Mo






36. Romantic poet who broke with neoclassical theory in much of his mature poetry - The Prelude - Lyrical Ballads






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






38. Addressing of a person or thing that is not actually their. Example: Romeo - Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?!






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






40. Gods of Inspiration for literature - Science - and the arts






41. Wrote the first modern novel - Don Quixote






42. German composer who developed the Romantic style of both lyrical and classical music






43. Designed by Mayans - this was once a temple - next to the Pyramid of Sacrifice. Located at Uxmal - it was used for sacrificial ceremonies as late as 1673.






44. A brace or support placed on the outside of a building






45. Architect who like a statue at every corner






46. Who designed the Brooklyn bridge?






47. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters






48. One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style - Giotto's teacher - Duccio's 'Virgin in Majesty'






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






50. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change).







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