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CLEP Humanities All In One

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






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






3. School of nonsense and anti-art






4. A tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings - A piece of linen about 1 Ft.8 in. Wide by 213 ft.long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of Willam the conqueror's expedition to England.






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






6. The idea that matter is made out of atoms






7. Wrote Rivals






8. 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.






9. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






10. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






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






13. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






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






15. Most famous example of Byzantine architecture - it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.






16. What type of Column is decorated with flowers?






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






18. Author of Faerie Queene in Elizabethan era - one of the greatest moral epics in any language






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






20. American Science Fiction writer..'Fahrenheit 451'






21. Death of a Salesman






22. Protrayed the west by painting cowhands and natives






23. Wrote 'The Human Comedy'






24. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






25. 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).






26. 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






27. American realist painter - 'Christina's World'






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






29. 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






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






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






32. A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person






33. The basis for early Christian architecture; - created in the period of recognition - it had a dome shape at both ends similar to an apse - it had libaries - and it's official meaning was a meeting place in which the romans would meet to discuss thin






34. Fast






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






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






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






38. Stoics believed that restraining emotion is the key to happiness. The majority of their beliefs are similar to the Cynics.






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






40. Scientist - educator - abolitionist - philosopher - economist - political theorist - and statesman who defined the colonial new world in his writings; principal figure of the American enlightenment - Poor Richard's Almanac - Observations on the Incr






41. 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






42. Most famous American architect; Kaufman house also called 'Falling Water' Guggenheim museum - New York City Branch.






43. Repititions of geometric lines






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






45. Impressionistic Music






46. 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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47. Chinese Painter; harp player in a pavillion






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






49. French 20th century architect






50. Beuatiful with ornate borders