Ways of Seeing Quiz

Print

Word

PDF

Take our free Ways of Seeing quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer? (from Chapter 4)

The artist gives the viewer more than the single eye of perspective.

The painter includes more fine details in the self-portraits than a typical commissioned portrait.

The subject is more intriguing in a typical portrait.

The perspective is more intimate and human than a typical portrait.

2.

Which is an example of a nude painting discussed by Berger et al.? (from Chapter 3)

A self-portrait by Kenneth Clark.

An oil painting by Tintoretto of a woman taking a bath.

An oil painting by Giacometti.

A portrait of a woman in the park by Manet.

3.

What types of images are paired together on pages 126 and 127? (from Chapter 6)

Advertisements and celebrity photos.

Oil paintings and photographs.

Drawings and architectural diagrams.

Female nude paintings and male nude photos.

4.

What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work? (from Chapter 3)

Their omission of male nudes in their paintings.

Their inability to use humanistic expression in landscapes.

Their use of non-human colors to paint their nudes.

Their expression of women as either objects or abstractions.

5.

What does Nattier's "Mademoiselle de Clermonte" depict? (from Chapter 6)

The wealth and power and foreign nations.

The injustice against women.

The social structure that is acceptable and expected of the time.

The politics of war.

More summaries and resources for teaching or studying Ways of Seeing.

Browse all BookRags Study Guides.

Copyrights