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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. One of the first women of Impressionist painters; Young Girl by the Window






2. Late 20th century style in which brief patter is textures - and other musical fragments are repeated for an extended period of time with trance-like persistence.






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






4. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






5. A capella singers






6. Impressionistic Music






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






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

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






10. A painting - drawing - or sculpture of Mary - the Mother of Jesus - holding the dead body of Jesus. The word means 'pity' in Italian.






11. Artist of 'Purple Robe' (1937) - 'The Blue Nude' (1907) - 'The Piano Lesson' (1916) - and 'The Moorish Screen' (1921) - Known for his bold colors and thick - vibrant brushstrokes - pioneer in the modernist movement






12. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






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






14. Instead of dealing with recognizable imagery - abstract art focuses on colors and form.






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






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






17. 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






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






19. African American author of the Harlem Renaissance.






20. Mannerism painter






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






22. Played the xylophone and marimba






23. Laborer caste in Hinduism






24. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






25. Beuatiful with ornate borders






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






27. Goddess of Fortune






28. A curtain or drop made of gauzelike fabric. when lighted from the front it is opaque but is transparent if lighted from the back






29. Both wrote music based on Don Juan






30. Known for non-traditional forms of poetry - Tulips and Shimneys






31. Method of composition by which the composer extends the technique of twelve tone composition to other areas such as rhythm dynamics timbre and duration. Most important invention in the 20th century.






32. Architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral






33. Rebirth






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






35. An example of Byzantine architecture - name this church.






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






37. 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






38. One of Duncan's generals; wants to become King of Scotland; murders Duncan and slays anyone in the way of his kingship






39. Wrote Pride and Prejudice






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






41. Considered to have founded modern European literature; perfected rhyme in threes - Divine Comedy






42. 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.






43. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






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






45. Author of The Red Badge of Courage






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






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






48. Repititions of geometric lines






49. Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.






50. French Post Impressionistic painter; Pointillism; Neo Impressionism or pointilism