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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which words best describe the mood of the paintings on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Stern and powerful.
(b) Eerie and mystical.
(c) Serious and iconic.
(d) Light and fantastical.

2. Which painting is an example of how oil paintings make objects desirable to touch?
(a) Van Gogh's "Cornfield with Birds Flying Out of It."
(b) Picasso's self-portrait.
(c) Rembrandt's self-portriat with Saskia.
(d) Holbein's "The Ambassadors."

3. What could easily be stated as the theme of the paintings on pages 68 and 69?
(a) War.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Melancholy.

4. Which statement best describes photography in 1883?
(a) It increases the number of images an artist can capture.
(b) It is very good at capturing subjects in motion.
(c) It is a high-tech visual format.
(d) It is a primitive visual technology still in the developing stages.

5. What is most interesting about the two works from Courbet on pages 124 and 125?
(a) The works demonstrate a clarity in the artist's way of seeing.
(b) The works show the difference between nude and naked.
(c) The works create a new meaning when presented together.
(d) The works illustrate two distinct styles from the artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following are titles of works that begin Chapter 6, except for which one?

2. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?

3. From what ages does Rembrandt paint two self-portraits?

4. Which word best describes the images on pages 72 and 73?

5. Which subject is accorded with the highest prestige?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in the Knoll Ball Room? Describe what it looks like.

2. What objects are common subjects for traditional oil paintings, and how are they conventionally depicted?

3. Describe Couture's eighteenth century painting "A Roman Feast", and explain how it plays into the other images on the facing page.

4. How is the meaning of the images in Chapter 6 on pages 120 and 121, that depict daily life, of any significance?

5. Describe the images of death in Chapter 4 on pages 68 and 69, and name some of the specific paintings.

6. In Chapter 4, explain what interconnections can be made between the images of death on pages 68 and 69, and the images of food, wine, and the hunt on pages 70 and 71.

7. How does Courbet's two paintings, reproduced in Chapter 6 on facing pages 124 and 125, titled "Girl in White Stockings" and "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine" illustrate two distinct styles of his work?

8. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.

9. According to Berger et al., how do traditional oil paintings perpetuate the wealth and power of the ruling class?

10. Chapter 5 begins with an oil painting showing several items contemporaneous with the Dutch school in 1665. Describe the painting and the objects it depicts.

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