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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. Played the xylophone and marimba






2. God of Love






3. Spanish surrealist painter






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






5. Florentine genius of the early Renaissance built the dome of Florence Cathedral - the Pazzi Chapel - and was instrumental in developing geometrical perspective in painting






6. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






7. Architect who like a statue at every corner






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. God of the Underworld and Death






12. Science fiction writer






13. Famous artists: Jean-Francois Millet - Eugene Delacroix - J.M.W. Turner - and William Blake - Covering the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries - the works of this period stressed the inherent goodness in humanity and shied away from earlier






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






15. Seven-foot line






16. 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.






17. Slow






18. Russian composer






19. Japanese Artist - Thirty six view of Mt. Fuji - most famous Japanese mountain






20. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. i.e. hiss - hiss - buzz - buzz.






21. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






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






23. Decorative drinking cup or goblet






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






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






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






27. Based on the practices of li and jen - was based on the ethical system of being neighborly-






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






29. A radically unconventional group formed by Antisthenes in Greece in 400 A.D. This group considered virtue to be the only - not just the highest - good. They were largely self-sufficient - celibate (abstaining from sexual intercourse) - and ascetic (r






30. (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)






31. Spanish surrealist painter






32. 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.






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






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






35. Composed 'Rite of Spring'






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






37. 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.






38. Created the motion picture titled 'The Kiss'






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






40. Author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim






41. Fast






42. German philosopher born in 1844 - More of a moralist than a philosopher (though his name is arguably the most widely recognized) - Nietzsche hated Western civilization with a passion and spent much of his time denouncing it. He believed in a superma






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






44. Goddess of Animals






45. God of rain - clouds - thunderbolts.






46. Goddess of Flowers and Spring






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






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






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






50. God of the underworld - and wealth