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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Figure of speech that give human traits to animals - objects - or ideas. Example: the storm lashed the naked - helpless shore.






2. God of Marriage






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






4. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






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






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






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. Long-Short-Short






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






10. Movement in Church design towards theme of 'Christ - the Light of the World' - Gothic structure (reflected God's transcendence - power - and beauty). Built higher - allowed large stain glass windows. Served as visual catechism for those living during






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






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






13. Goddess of Animals






14. Science fiction writer






15. Goddess of Fortune






16. Using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter or beads on a painting






17. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






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






19. Painted 'The Bathers'






20. American composer; Appalachian Spring;Fanfare for teh common man; Hoe Down;Americana; 10 honorary doctrine






21. Atomic Bomb - Robert Openheimer was in charge






22. A wooden box where religious relics are stored or displayed






23. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






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






25. 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






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






27. God of Love






28. 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.






29. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






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






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






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






33. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






34. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington






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






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






37. School of nonsense and anti-art






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






39. Six tone octave scale in which all successive tones are a whole step apart.






40. 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






41. God of Time - Harvest and Agriculture






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






43. Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.






44. Six-foot line






45. Leucippus and Democritus






46. Played the xylophone and marimba






47. Opaque watercolor






48. Place known for the earliest documented Jazz






49. French 20th century architect






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