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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. 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.






3. One unit of meter in poetry






4. French feminist who wrote the treatise titled ' The Second Sex'






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






6. Is the belief that Satan represented all things material - and God all things of light; each human being is a composite of matter (Satan) and godly light (God) - and suffered not from sin - but from contact with matter. Founded by Mani Who believed h






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






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






9. Greatest playwright of all time; wrote MacBeth - King Lear - Hamlet - Romeo and Juliet; introduced new words to the English language. Histories - tragedies - comedies






10. French Painter - Post impressionism - pointellism (using several small dots of color to create a larger image)Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte






11. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






12. A tall - four-sided shaft of stone that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.






13. Science fiction writer






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






15. Thucydides and Herodotus






16. Russian romantic composer; 4 piano concerti; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Vocalise; called the last Romantic






17. Repititions of geometric lines






18. Eight-foot line






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






20. Mannerism painter






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






22. Norwegian composer. 'Peer Gynt'






23. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






25. British team writing light-hearted song/story format; Opereta - 'Pirates of Penzance' and Mikado






26. Death of a Salesman






27. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






29. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






30. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book based loosely on Odyssey






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






32. Early 20th century style of painting and to a lesser degrees sculpture that used geometric shapes as underlying primary forms. In contrast to Impressionism - which it succeeded - the primary concern of Cubism was with from rather than color






33. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father






34. An English writer who wrote 'Vindication of the Rights of Women' - arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men - but appear to be so because of lack of education






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






36. Rebirth






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






38. This building was built in Athens around 450BC - Famous for its columns






39. Architect; Guggenheim museum Spain branch; see figure 14.19 on page 366






40. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






42. Russian critic who founded the Ballet Russe






43. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Girl Before a Mirror






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






45. Norwegian Playwright who carried realism into the dramatic presentation of domesticlife. Wrote 'A Doll's House'






46. The Mayans built their first temple in ____________.






47. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies '1812 Overture' and 'The Nutcracker'






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






49. French impressionist painter






50. French Impressionistic composer; Bolero: Gaspard de la nuit; 3 pieces to it (on Dine) 1st piece of Gaspar







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