HUMANITIES CLEP COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2026 STUDY GUIDE Q&A UPDATED
⩥ mosaics. Answer: patterns or pictures made by embedding small
pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors
⩥ sculpture. Answer: three dimensional work of art, statue
⩥ bust. Answer: a 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: assembled architectural sculptures of
"found" wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of
varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.
⩥ constantin brancusi. Answer: (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor
known for highly simplified archetypical 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. Answer: Italian Renaissance artist that painted the
Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.
⩥ henry moore. Answer: abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques
and very little detail
⩥ alexander calder. Answer: United States sculptor who first created
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 onto wet plaster on a wall
⩥ tempura. Answer: a technique of painting using 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.
EXAM 2026 STUDY GUIDE Q&A UPDATED
⩥ mosaics. Answer: patterns or pictures made by embedding small
pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors
⩥ sculpture. Answer: three dimensional work of art, statue
⩥ bust. Answer: a 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: assembled architectural sculptures of
"found" wooden objects and used them to construct screens of boxes of
varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.
⩥ constantin brancusi. Answer: (1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor
known for highly simplified archetypical 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. Answer: Italian Renaissance artist that painted the
Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.
⩥ henry moore. Answer: abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques
and very little detail
⩥ alexander calder. Answer: United States sculptor who first created
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 onto wet plaster on a wall
⩥ tempura. Answer: a technique of painting using 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.
