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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is extraordinary about painting subjects such as children?
(a) Artists must entertain the subject while completing the painting.
(b) Children are not a symbol of wealth or well-being, and so are rarely commissioned.
(c) The artist must capture their likeness with little time viewing the subject.
(d) Patrons do not typically comission paintings of children.

2. In Chapter 4, what are the images depictions of on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Religious icons.
(b) Former Presidents.
(c) Botanical prints.
(d) Celebrity photos.

3. What is the purpose of the paired images on pages 126 and 127?
(a) Each pair demonstrates a different period in art history.
(b) Each pair demonstrates ways to pose the human body as a subject.
(c) Each pair plays off each other to enhance their subject matter and style.
(d) Each pair shows a different side of popular culture.

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

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

6. Which word best describes the images on pages 72 and 73?
(a) Reality.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Devout.
(d) Beastly.

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

8. Which word best describes the position of artists as traditional oil painting develops?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Opposition.
(d) Defense.

9. Which of the following would be a good symbol for the collection of images on pages 68 to 71?
(a) A corpse with a glass of wine.
(b) A president with a burning flag.
(c) A nude woman with a rose.
(d) Two doves with an olive branch.

10. What character often appears in the images on pages 72 and 73?
(a) Pan.
(b) The king's chamberlain.
(c) The Madonna.
(d) The Pope.

11. According to Berger et al., why does ordinary life have more meaning when recorded on a canvas?
(a) Because it portrays everyday life as an interesting event.
(b) Because artists appreciate these works more than works with other subjects.
(c) Because it took weeks or months to recreate the image from the artist's point of view,
(d) Because the elite upper classes are willing to pay large sums of money for a painting.

12. In what general style are most of the images in Chapter 4?
(a) Op art.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Realism.

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

14. What do navigational instruments generally symbolize in a traditional oil painting?
(a) Trade routes to acquire the riches of other nations.
(b) Merchandise lost at sea.
(c) The position of the patrons' social and political status.
(d) Scientific endeavors.

15. Which statement could easily be an interpretation of Van Gogh's "a cornfield with birds flying out of it"?
(a) The ultimate battle between rich and poor.
(b) The final release from the struggle of his soul before suicide.
(c) The balance between man and nature.
(d) The obsession of fortune and fame of an artist in his day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Berger et al. describe Rembrandt's first self-portrait?

2. Until approximately what date does the period of traditional oil painting run through?

3. What covers the Knoll Ball Room?

4. From what time period are the images on pages 120 and 121?

5. What does Nattier's "Mademoiselle de Clermonte" depict?

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