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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer?
(a) The artist gives the viewer more than the single eye of perspective.
(b) The painter includes more fine details in the self-portraits than a typical commissioned portrait.
(c) The perspective is more intimate and human than a typical portrait.
(d) The subject is more intriguing in a typical portrait.

2. To what area is the single eye of perspective unique?
(a) Europe.
(b) Middle East.
(c) Asia.
(d) South America.

3. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?
(a) All of the pages are a statement on the historical struggle of artists.
(b) All of the pages demonstrate the difference between men and women.
(c) All of the pages depict wealthy and powerful men.
(d) All of the pages are publicity for the female figure.

4. Which words best describe the setting of "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine"?
(a) Dark and cold.
(b) Spontaneous and abstract.
(c) Dainty and lacy.
(d) Sensual and exotic.

5. How could one best describe Hans Baldung Grien's "Three ages of Women"?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Lovely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tends to be the central figure(s) in the images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67?

2. Which subject is accorded with the highest prestige?

3. What do navigational instruments generally symbolize in a traditional oil painting?

4. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?

5. In Chapter 2, what is the most stark contrast between the images on the first set of facing pages (36 and 37) and the images on the second set of facing pages (38 and 39)?

(see the answer key)

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