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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the approximate historical range of the images on pages 66 and 67?
(a) From the early 1200s to the mid-1500s.
(b) From the 20th century.
(c) From the mid-1200s to the late-1800s.
(d) From the 18th to the 19th century.

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

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

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

5. From what time period are the images on pages 120 and 121?
(a) The nineteenth century.
(b) The sixteenth century.
(c) Early twenty-first century.
(d) Late twentieth century.

6. Until approximately what date does the period of traditional oil painting run through?
(a) 2010.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1817.

7. How is a two-dimensional oil painting different from other forms of art?
(a) It conveys the sights of the common person.
(b) It conveys the misplacement of women in society.
(c) It conveys the illusions of texture, luster, tangibility, and solidity.
(d) It conveys the social position of the owner.

8. What types of images are paired together on pages 126 and 127?
(a) Female nude paintings and male nude photos.
(b) Drawings and architectural diagrams.
(c) Advertisements and celebrity photos.
(d) Oil paintings and photographs.

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

10. All of the following are included in the images featured on pages 70 to 71, except for which ones?
(a) Dead animals.
(b) Political icons.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Food and drink.

11. What is the main difference in the effect on the viewer between the two Rembrandt self-portraits?
(a) The first portrait displays the romance and intimacy between a married couple, while the second portrait displays the empty shell of a man.
(b) The first portrait is in color and the second portrait is in black and white.
(c) The second portrait portrays the soul and individualistic style of the painter, a style that is completely avoided in the first self-portrait.
(d) The second portrait follows all of the conventions of the time period and displays the wealth of the painter.

12. What covers the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Oil paintings.
(b) Heavy tapestries.
(c) Busts of prominent persons.
(d) Nude photos.

13. What do paintings of children demonstrate about the patron who commissioned the work?
(a) It demonstrates that the patron is of good health.
(b) It demonstrates how the patron remains in the upper class of society.
(c) It demonstrates their good political judgment.
(d) It demonstrates what they own and enjoy in life.

14. 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 shows a different side of popular culture.
(c) Each pair demonstrates ways to pose the human body as a subject.
(d) Each pair plays off each other to enhance their subject matter and style.

15. Which words best describe the setting of "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine"?
(a) Dainty and lacy.
(b) Dark and cold.
(c) Spontaneous and abstract.
(d) Sensual and exotic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of all the paintings on pages 70 and 71?

3. What is the subject of Rembrandt's first self-portrait?

4. What words best describe the gaze of the subjects on their own material goods in a traditional oil painting?

5. Which phrase is a good description of how Demoiselles is portrayed?

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