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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?
(a) The compostition of the artwork.
(b) The presence of an authority on the artwork.
(c) The viewer of the artwork.
(d) The title of the artwork.

2. Which of the following is the title of a painting on pages 72 and 73?
(a) "Venus and Mars."
(b) "Unearthly."
(c) "President Washington Age 40."
(d) "The Princess of Russia."

3. What are most traditional oil paintings commissioned to demonstrate to the viewer?
(a) The power and wealth of the patron.
(b) The style of monarchy and church rule of the time period.
(c) The political turmoil that the patron has survived.
(d) The social conditions of the time period.

4. What is the most true about Chapter 4?
(a) All of the images are oil paintings.
(b) There are no titles to the works.
(c) All of the subjects are nude or undressing.
(d) There are no words used to describe the images.

5. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?
(a) An artist represents his own way of seeing, and the viewer sees the art with another way of seeing.
(b) Paintings rarely have good titles to define their meaning.
(c) People usually see the same images.
(d) A good artist can pass his way of seeing to the viewer,

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the first artists to break the tradition of objectifying women nudes?

2. What is similar about the images on pages 42 and 43?

3. What metaphor do Berger et al. use to explain the single eye of perspective?

4. Which painting is used an example of who benefits from a nude painting?

5. What does the author assert about vision?

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