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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. The Starry Night






2. 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.






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






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






5. An imitation of the style identified with the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Usually associated with European art and literature from the mid-1600s through the eighteenth century.






6. Wrote operas






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






8. Three dimensional work of art - statue






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

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10. Artist of 'Jack in the Pulpit IV' (1930) - 'Petunia' (1925) - 'Cow's Skull - Red - White - and Blue' (1931) - and 'Red Amaryllis' (1937) - Realistic nature images with strong - vibrant colors identify the works of O'Keeffe

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11. One of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century - The Thinker: The Kiss 12.2






12. Artist of 'Liberty Leading People' (1831) and 'The Massacre of Chios' (1824) - Known for his dramatic imagery






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






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






15. Played the xylophone and marimba






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






17. Spanish artist color plate 82-The Persistence of Memroy; best known and most sensational of the Surrealists.






18. Pre-Socrates






19. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






20. God of Love






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






22. God of Wildlife






23. 20th Century American composer






24. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






25. Spanish rhythm in 3/4 time






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






27. An artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art






28. Opaque watercolor






29. Italian director that made films of fantasy and boroque style. 'La Dolce Vita'






30. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






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






32. American transcendentalist - Moby Dick - Bill Budd






33. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






34. Famous artists: Henri Matisse - Raoul Dufy - and Andre Derain - Lasting for three short years (1905-1908) - fauvism served as the foundation for much of subsequent twentieth-century art. Its work was full of vibrant colors and boldly distorted figure






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






36. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






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






38. Composer - conductor and pianist






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






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






41. 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






42. French 20th century architect






43. 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






44. An Italian painter - sculptor - and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among many achievements in a life of nearly ninety years - sculpted the David and several versions of the Pieta - painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine






45. The Italian sculptor and goldsmith who was best known for the doors to the baptistery of Florence's cathedral - and another set of doors which was called 'The Gates to Paradise'. He also wrote one of the earliest autobiographies by an artist - which






46. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






47. French for 'fool the eye.' A two-dimensional representation that is so naturalistic that it looks actual or real (or three-dimensional).

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48. Spanish surrealist painter






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






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







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