1. What is different about an art collector compared to a collector of other objects?
(a) An art collector is surrounded by pictures that show him the sights of what he may posses.
(b) Art collectors must actively take part in their collections.
(c) Art collectors are the most wealthy of collectors.
(d) An art collector typically has more social standing than collectors of other objects.

2. After the period of traditional oil paintings, what medium becomes the primary form of visual imagery?
(a) Murals.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Film.
(d) Photography.

3. Which word best describes the series of portraits displayed in the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Weary.
(c) Formal.
(d) Sensual.

4. According to Berger et al., what social presence does a man command?
(a) A man's power is relative to his size, bearing, and appearance.
(b) A man's power is relative to how he feels about himself.
(c) Men have a social presence relative to their ability to see themselves as a sight.
(d) A man's social presence is based on his income.

5. What is the visual irony between the images on pages 68 and 69, and the images on pages 70 and 71?
(a) The similarity between the religious and the political.
(b) The tragedy of love and death.
(c) The play between death and life sustaining sustenance.
(d) The connection between naked and nude.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Magritte's painting is an example of what type of artwork?

3. What is prominent in Ruben's painting?

4. How does the painter, Durer, create what he believes is the perfect nude?

5. What is visual art originally made for?

(see the answer key)

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