Mat Arts And Literature

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abstract expressionism

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20th century american movement based on nonfigurative dramatic expressiveness

- pollock, rothko

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art deco

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art and architectural style of 1920, 1930 that used abstraction, distortion, simplification, particularly geometric shapes and highly intense color

- chrysler building

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art nouveau

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early 20th century art movement emphasized nature in art, often feature floral motifs

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baroque

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heavily stylized movement prominent in europe in late 16th to 18th century characterized by lavished ornamentation

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bauhaus

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important architecture and design tool that emphasized many geometrical motifs

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classicism

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in the style of ancient greek and roman art

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cubism

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artistic movement predicated on the fragmentation of reality and a direct reaction to impressionism

-picasso

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dada

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absurdist movement of 20th century

-duchamp

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futurism

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italian art movement that emphasized the machine as art

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gothic

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characterized by elaborate arches and stained glass

-notre dame in paris

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impressionism

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french school of art that emphasized the artist's visual impressions over realism

-monet, renoir

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lithograph

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a print technique in which plates are pressed onto a crayon drawing

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minimalist art

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movement that stressed cold restraint over emotional expression

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motif

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a recurring theme or element

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neoclassicism

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movement that rejected ornate rococo style and returned to a green and roman model

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impressionism

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french school of art that emphasized the artist's visual impressions over realism

-monet, renoir

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lithograph

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a print technique in which plates are pressed onto a crayon drawing

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minimalist art

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movement that stressed cold restraint over emotional expression

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motif

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a recurring theme or element

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neoclassicism

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movement that rejected ornate rococo style and returned to a green and roman model

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pointillism

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style characterized by use of tiny dots of paint which when seen together make up a whole image

-seurat

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pop art

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contemporary movement which borrows heavily from popular culture and commercial art sources

-warhol

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realism

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19th c. movement in which reality of vision is emphasized over idealization or romanticization

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renaissance

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era of renewed interest in the arts and humanities; begun in italy in 15th c.

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rococo

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18th c. movement that was typified by elegance and vagueness

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surrealism

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1920s movement which sought to show the world through fantastic landscapes and dream imagery

-magritte, dali

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british museum

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london, england

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frick collection museum

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nyc, us

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solomon r. guggenheim museum

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nyc, us

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hagia sophia museum

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istanbul, turkey

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hermitage museum

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st. petersburg, russia

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the louvre museum

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paris, france

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the met museum

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nyc, us

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moma museum

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nyc, us

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musee d'orsay

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paris, france

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pergamon musuem

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berlin, germany

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prado museum

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madrid, spain

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rijksmuseum

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amsterdam, netherlands

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the tate britain museum

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london, england

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the tate modern museum

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london, england

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tretyakov

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moscow, russia

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uffizi

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florence, italy

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whitney museum of american art

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nyc, us

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bosch, hieronymus

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flemish painter of late 15th c. and early 16th c.

- the garden of earthly delights, mocking of christ

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botticelli, sandro

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florentine painter whose work is marked by refined figures and brilliant coloring

-fortitude

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bounarroti, michelangelo

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sculptor, painter, architect whose work typified the renaissance in italy

- david, pieta (sculptures)
- ceiling of sistine chapel (painting)

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bruegel, peter

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aka "the elder," the flemish painter renown for his landscape and characters

-the fall of the rebel angels

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calder, alexander

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mid 20th c. american sculptor known for his use of mobiles and motorized pieces

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cassatt, mary

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american artist, figure painting and etchings

- several versions of mother and child

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cezanne, paul

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french artist prominent during impressionalist movement

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chagall, marc

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russian painter whose work presage surrealist movement; known for stain glass windows and illustrated books

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dali, salvador

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20th c. spanish surrealist painter

- the persistance of memory

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degas, edgar

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19th c. french painter of ballet dancers and sculptor of horses; influenced toulouse-lautrec and picasso

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donatello

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15th c. italian sculptor, shaped renaissance

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durer, albrecht

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german artist, woodcuts and engravings

-four horsemen of the apocalypse (series of woodcut), melencolia I (engraving)

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angelico, fra

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15th c. florentine monk and painter created many frescoes in st. mark's convent in florence

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ernst, max

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german painter of dada movement who help shaped surrealist movement with his work

-two children are threatened by a nightingale

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gainsborough, thomas

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19th c. english painter of portraits and landscape

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gauguin, paul

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french post-impressionist painter influenced modern art; work depicted life on tahiti and marquesas islands

- where do we come from? what are we? where are we going?

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gehry, frank

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canadian born architect

- guggenheim museum in bilbao, spain

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goya, francisco

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greatest spanish painter of his era

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el greco

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16th c. greek painter specialized in expressive portratis of nobility and in magnificent cathedral alters

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hopper, edward

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american painter, engraver of stark street scenes

- early sunday morning, nighthawks

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javachef, christo

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bulgarian artist, large-scale earth pieces (wraps and plastic), biggest art installation

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jefferson, thomas

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american political figure and architect

- monticello, university of virginia (designed and built)

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johns, jasper

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20th c. american painter, introduced pop art movement and abstract expressionism

- beer cans, series of american flag paintings

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kandinsky, vasily

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russian expressionist painter, found bauhaus school, associated with klee

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klee, paul

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swiss avant-garde expressionist painter who helped found the bauhaus school, associated with kandinsky

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klimt, gustav

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german art nouveau painter

- the kiss

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leonardo de vinci

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painter, sculptor, engineer and inventor during italian renaissance

- madonna of the rocks, mona lisa

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manet, edouard

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french painter influence impressionist movement, paintings evoke outrage

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marc, franz

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emotionally troubled german-born experessionist painter

- yellow cow, blue horses

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matisse, henri

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french fauve artist painted still life subjects, greatest modern artists

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miro, joan

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surrealist spanish painter, known for landscapes

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monet, claude

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french painter, founder of impressionist school, greatest landscape artist

- water lily paintings

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moses, anna mary ("grandma")

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american artist known for her landscapes and views of new england life

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munch, edvard

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norwegian painter of expressionist pieces

- the scream

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o'keeffe, georgia

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20th c. american painter with southwestern motif

- cow's skull, red, white and blue

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pei, i.m.

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postmodern chinese american architect designed prominent skyscrapers

- entrance to louvre in paris, rock and roll hall of fame in cleveland

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picasso, pablo

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spanish artist found cubist movement

- the three musicians, guernica

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pissarro, camille

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french impressionist painted broad landscapes

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pollock, jackson

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american artist, giant canvases and splatter designs characterize the abstract expressionist movement

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rembrandt, harmenszoon

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17th c. dutch master

- anatomy lesson of dr. tulp, the shooting company of capt. frans banning cocq.

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renoir, pierre

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french painter, founder of impressionist movement

- moulin de la galette, bather

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rubens, peter paul

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flemish painter during baroque era

- venus and adonis and the judgement of paris

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rodin, auguste

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19th c. french sculptor

- the thinker, the kiss

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rothko, mark

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russian american painter of abstract expressionist school, student of max weber

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seurat, george

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19th c. painter, forerunner of impressionist movement, created pointillism

- un dimanche a la grande jatte

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tiffany, louis comfort

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american craftsman known for stain glass pieces

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van gogh, vincent

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19th c. dutch painter, post impressionist

- starry night, the sunflowers

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warhol, andy

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20th c. pop artist, define modern aesthetic with his movies, series of marilyn monroe silkscreens

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wright, frank lloyd

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20th c. american architect

- fallingwater in pa, solomon r. guggenheim museum in ny

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aeschylus

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greek dramatist specialized in tragedies

-prometheus bound

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aesop

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greek fabulist, allegory fables

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aligheri, dante

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renaissance italian writer, father of modern literature

- divine comedy

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anderson, sherwood

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american short-story writer

- winesburg, ohio

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austen, jane

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19th c. english author

- sense and sensibility, pride and prejudice, emma

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balzac, honore de

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19th c. french writer

- la comedie humaine

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beckett, samuel

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irish-born french novelist and playwright with existentialism

- malloy, waiting for godot

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bellow, saul

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american novelist, nobel prize in literature

- herzog, humboldt's gift

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blake, william

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british artist, pet and engraver

- songs of innocence, experience

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bronte, charlotte

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english novelist, sister to emily bronte

- jane eyre, shirley

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bronte, emily

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one of three literary sisters, aka ellis bell

- wuthering heights (romantic novels)

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bunyan, john

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english preacher, writer of allegorical stories

- the pilgrim's progress

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byron, lord geroge

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romantic poet known for adventurous life and writings

- don juan, childe harold's pilgrimage

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camus, albert

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french writer and existentialist

- the stranger, the plague

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carroll, lewis (charles dodgson)

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british writer, mathematician, artist

- alice in wonderland, through the looking glass

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cervantes, miguel de

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spanish writer

- don quixote (1st modern novel)

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chaucer, geoffrey

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english poet

- the canterbury tales

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chekhov, anton pavlovich

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russian playwright and short story writer

- the seagull, the cherry orchard

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coleridge, samuel taylor

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one of first english romantics

- the rime of ancient mariner, lyrical ballads (w/ william wordsworth)

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colette, sidonie-gabrielle

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french female author, published claudine novels

- the innocent wife

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conrad, joseph

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polish born british writer

- heart of darkness, under western eyes

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crane, stephen

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american of the civil war

-red badge of courage

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dickens, charles

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english writer w/ victorian audience; contemporary of thomas hardy

- a tale of two cities, great expectations, a christmas carol

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dickinson, emily

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one of american's great 19th c. poets whose poems never got published in her lifetime

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donne, john

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english writer, essayist, and religious scholar; greatest metphysical poets

- the flea, death be not proud

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dostoevsky, fyodor

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russian novelist

- crime and punishment, the idiot

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dreiser, theodore

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american writer of naturalist school

- sister carrie, an american tragedy

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eliot, george (mary anne evans)

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victoria english female novelist wrote realist novels

- middlemarch, adam bede