Humanities Clep Test Questions And 100% Correct
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Pre-Socratic Greek Philosophers - ANS Pre-Socrates
Pythagoras - ANS 6th Century B.C., a Greek philosopher and mathematician, founder of
a religous movement called Pythagoreanism
Thales - ANS "Father of Western Philosophy". Greek philosopher who taught that the
universe had originated from water.
Parmenides - ANS a pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence
of time, plurality, and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.
Heraclitus - ANSWER 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).
Zeno - ANSWER ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes defending the
belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)
Socrates - ANSWER Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to
death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were
recorded by his followers (Plato).
Atomism - ANSWER The idea that matter is made out of atoms
Atomists - ANSWER Leucippus and Democritus
,Plato - ANSWER one of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the
GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in
a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state, the people were divided into three
different groups.
Aristotle Greek philosopher. He was a pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great,
and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and
poetics, so it is no wonder that he should have profoundly influenced Western thought.
In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as Plato's
metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the
syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry.
pop art - ANSWER an artistic movement which began in the early 1960s; pop artists
used images from popular culture and presented them as fine art
mosaics - ANSWER designs or pictures created by inserting small pieces of stone or
glass into cement on a surface such as a wall or a floor
sculpture - ANSWER three dimensional work of art, statue
bust - ANSWER sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
obelisk - ANSWER tall, 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point
multi-media - ANSWER using two or more types of media together to create an art object
such as glitter or beads on a painting
louise nevelson - ANSWER combined architectural sculptures of "found" wooden
objects and used them to build screens of boxes of varying sizes which she painted in
monochromatic colors.
constantin brancusi - ANSWER (1876) 19th-20th c. Rumanian sculptor who created
highly simplified archetypal human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)
,cellini - ANSWER goldsmith and sculptor, wrote one of the first autobiographies
barbara hepworth - ANSWER British abstract sculptor
michelangelo - RESPONSE Italian Renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel and sculpted the statue of David.
henry moore -RESPONSE sculptor of abstract, rounded forms with minimal detail
alexander calder -RESPONSE United States sculptor who invented mobiles and stabiles
(1898-1976)
hagia sophia - ANSWER 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.
gothic age architecture - ANSWER stained glass, pointed arches and ribbed vaulting
Andrea Palladio - ANSWER architect who like a statue at every corner
Le Corbusier - ANSWER French 20th century architect
Christopher Wren - ANSWER architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral
Mies van der Rohe - ANSWER United States architect (born in Germany) who built
unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)
Frank Lloyd Wright - ANSWER Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the
concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather
than following classical designs.
flying buttress - ANSWER a brace or support placed on the outside of a building
, fresco - ANSWER paint on wet plaster on a wall
tempura - ANSWER a method of painting with pigment mixed with egg yolk
gouche - ANSWER Opaque watercolor
pieta - ANSWER A painting, drawing, or sculpture of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, holding
the dead body of Jesus. The word means "pity" in Italian.
renaissance - ANSWER rebirth
mannerism - ANSWER a style of art in the mid to late 16th century that allowed artists to
express their own "manner" or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the
art of the High Renaissance.
neo-classic period - ANSWER the classical revival in European art, architecture and
interior design that ranged from the middle of the eighteenth to the beginning of the
nineteenth century.
french female pose - ANSWER subject is lying down away from the artist and looking
over her shoulder
dada school - ANSWER school of nonsense and anti-art
Giotto - ANSWER Frescoe painter, founded flourentine school, realisitc poses
Donatello - ANSWER Italian sculptor famous as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with
his natural, lifelike figures, for example bronze statue David.
Da Vinci ANSWER - painter, sculpter, architect, engineer, musician; invented the court
painter of the king of France; "Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper"(classical), "Vitruvian Man"
(anatomy)
El Greco ANSWER Mannerism painter
Rembrandt ANSWER He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted
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Pre-Socratic Greek Philosophers - ANS Pre-Socrates
Pythagoras - ANS 6th Century B.C., a Greek philosopher and mathematician, founder of
a religous movement called Pythagoreanism
Thales - ANS "Father of Western Philosophy". Greek philosopher who taught that the
universe had originated from water.
Parmenides - ANS a pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence
of time, plurality, and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics.
Heraclitus - ANSWER 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).
Zeno - ANSWER ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes defending the
belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)
Socrates - ANSWER Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to
death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were
recorded by his followers (Plato).
Atomism - ANSWER The idea that matter is made out of atoms
Atomists - ANSWER Leucippus and Democritus
,Plato - ANSWER one of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the
GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in
a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state, the people were divided into three
different groups.
Aristotle Greek philosopher. He was a pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great,
and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and
poetics, so it is no wonder that he should have profoundly influenced Western thought.
In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as Plato's
metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the
syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry.
pop art - ANSWER an artistic movement which began in the early 1960s; pop artists
used images from popular culture and presented them as fine art
mosaics - ANSWER designs or pictures created by inserting small pieces of stone or
glass into cement on a surface such as a wall or a floor
sculpture - ANSWER three dimensional work of art, statue
bust - ANSWER sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
obelisk - ANSWER tall, 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point
multi-media - ANSWER using two or more types of media together to create an art object
such as glitter or beads on a painting
louise nevelson - ANSWER combined architectural sculptures of "found" wooden
objects and used them to build screens of boxes of varying sizes which she painted in
monochromatic colors.
constantin brancusi - ANSWER (1876) 19th-20th c. Rumanian sculptor who created
highly simplified archetypal human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)
,cellini - ANSWER goldsmith and sculptor, wrote one of the first autobiographies
barbara hepworth - ANSWER British abstract sculptor
michelangelo - RESPONSE Italian Renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel and sculpted the statue of David.
henry moore -RESPONSE sculptor of abstract, rounded forms with minimal detail
alexander calder -RESPONSE United States sculptor who invented mobiles and stabiles
(1898-1976)
hagia sophia - ANSWER 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.
gothic age architecture - ANSWER stained glass, pointed arches and ribbed vaulting
Andrea Palladio - ANSWER architect who like a statue at every corner
Le Corbusier - ANSWER French 20th century architect
Christopher Wren - ANSWER architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral
Mies van der Rohe - ANSWER United States architect (born in Germany) who built
unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)
Frank Lloyd Wright - ANSWER Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the
concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather
than following classical designs.
flying buttress - ANSWER a brace or support placed on the outside of a building
, fresco - ANSWER paint on wet plaster on a wall
tempura - ANSWER a method of painting with pigment mixed with egg yolk
gouche - ANSWER Opaque watercolor
pieta - ANSWER A painting, drawing, or sculpture of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, holding
the dead body of Jesus. The word means "pity" in Italian.
renaissance - ANSWER rebirth
mannerism - ANSWER a style of art in the mid to late 16th century that allowed artists to
express their own "manner" or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the
art of the High Renaissance.
neo-classic period - ANSWER the classical revival in European art, architecture and
interior design that ranged from the middle of the eighteenth to the beginning of the
nineteenth century.
french female pose - ANSWER subject is lying down away from the artist and looking
over her shoulder
dada school - ANSWER school of nonsense and anti-art
Giotto - ANSWER Frescoe painter, founded flourentine school, realisitc poses
Donatello - ANSWER Italian sculptor famous as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with
his natural, lifelike figures, for example bronze statue David.
Da Vinci ANSWER - painter, sculpter, architect, engineer, musician; invented the court
painter of the king of France; "Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper"(classical), "Vitruvian Man"
(anatomy)
El Greco ANSWER Mannerism painter
Rembrandt ANSWER He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted
