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CLEP Humanities All In One

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1. 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.






2. (1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. 'End justifies the means.'






3. A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing everyday things.






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






5. 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






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






7. God of the underworld - and wealth






8. Story of man - Christian - journey faces hobglobins/dragons

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9. 20 -000 Leagues Under the Sea - Around the World in Eighty Days. He is considered the Father of Science Fiction.






10. Frescoe painter - founded flourentine school - realisitc poses






11. The farmer/ merchant caste in Hinduism






12. Composed 'Symphonie Fantastique'






13. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style - Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style






14. Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau






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






16. American transcendentalist who dealt with macabre issues of insanity and horror - Fall of the House of Usher - Tell Tale Heart - The Raven






17. French impressionistic; studied in Italy; became famous in his lifetime (see page 290). Structural form from the Romantics. By The SeaShore






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






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






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






21. A prolific German baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)






22. Goddess of Marriage






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






24. Student of Martin Heidegger - wrote 'Truth and Method' - considered to be the father of Hermeneutics - largely argued that it is impossible to be unbiased in anything - and even historical accounts are forever biased by our own experiences. As factua






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






26. Beautiful Italian singing






27. Mannerism painter






28. A stringed guitar-like instrument from India






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






30. Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato).






31. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






32. Long-Short






33. Short-Long






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






35. Goddess of Love and Beauty






36. Artist of 'Clock Explosion' - 'Persistence of Memory' - 'The Elephants' - and 'The Meditative Rose' - painted very precise - and nightmarish scenes






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






38. Russian composer - composed 6 symphonies - The Nutcracker - Swan Lake Suite - Concerti






39. Knowm for lean prose and ardently masculine themes and characters - The Old Man and the Sea - a Farewell to Arms - the Sun Also Rises






40. The central or dominating idea of a work.






41. God of Commerce - The messenger of Zeus






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. In drama - a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience






44. Wrote 'Appalachian Spring'






45. Lion's Gate at Mycenae was constructed with the _______ ____ ________ system - or a large stone horizontal beam resting on two vertical ones.






46. Architect who like a statue at every corner






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






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






49. Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors






50. American novelist - essayist and satirist - Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer







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