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CLEP Humanities All In One

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






2. Tall - 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point






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






4. Writer of 'This Side of Paradise' and 'The Great Gatsby' who coined the term 'Jazz Age'






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






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






7. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






8. Paralleled the age of roman literature under Augustus followed the greeks






9. Georges Pierre Seurat






10. God of War






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






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






13. 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).






14. Famous for black and white erotic paintings






15. Repititions of geometric lines






16. Poetry written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme






17. A direct comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: John swims like a fish.






18. A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers. Originally based on court dance






19. God of the Sun - poetry - music and oracles






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






21. Stained glass - pointed arches and ribbed vaulting






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






23. Tragic figure of the play - moorish general - desdemonas husband






24. The last phase of the Stone Age - marked by the domestication of animals - the development of agriculture - and the manufacture of pottery






25. The warrior caste in Hinduism






26. 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






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






28. Thucydides and Herodotus






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






30. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






31. The King of the Gods and the God of the sky






32. Popularized the use of allegory - The Faerie Queen - Amoretti






33. This building was built in Rome and contains remains of may Roman Emperors






34. Opaque watercolor






35. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






36. A term that was originally coined during the Renaissance - it was a belief that man was the center of the universe. Humanism in general is a philosophy that centers around the capabilities of man.






37. Transitional movement in the 1880's connecting Impressionism and cubism in the visual arts






38. Slow






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

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40. Wrote operas






41. Beautiful Italian singing






42. 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.






43. Goddess of Wisdom






44. Was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer - who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.






45. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






46. Alexander the Great's tutor and a student of Plato - He disagreed with Plato that form and matter could be perceived as two separate things - and wrote such works as Rhetoric - Poetics - and Metaphysics.






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






48. A capella singers






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






50. God of the Sea







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