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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Couture's painting "A Roman Feast" display?
(a) A full table of meat and bread.
(b) A voluptuous reclining woman.
(c) A full glass of wine and a festive party.
(d) The end of a war with a field of bodies.

2. How is Maddox Brown's painting different than the other images on pages 66 and 67?
(a) The painting could be considered humorous in comparison to the other images.
(b) The painting is entirely in black and white.
(c) The painting includes mythical beings that are not present in the other images.
(d) The painting depicts an unknown subject.

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

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

5. What is most interesting about the two works from Courbet on pages 124 and 125?
(a) The works illustrate two distinct styles from the artist.
(b) The works create a new meaning when presented together.
(c) The works show the difference between nude and naked.
(d) The works demonstrate a clarity in the artist's way of seeing.

6. When was oil painting first developed?
(a) During the Middle Ages.
(b) Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
(c) Late eighteenth century.
(d) Early twentieth century.

7. What tends to be the central figure(s) in the images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Nudes in gardens.
(b) Popes and Cardinals.
(c) Madonna and child.
(d) Political leaders, scientists, and authors.

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

9. Which words best describe the mood of the paintings on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Serious and iconic.
(b) Stern and powerful.
(c) Eerie and mystical.
(d) Light and fantastical.

10. In what way does the ruling class of a period support or promote their own way of seeing?
(a) By commissioning oil paintings that depict sights of what they possess.
(b) By creating great halls of family portraits.
(c) By bribing artists into depicting themselves as more wealthy or powerful than they really are.
(d) By only permitting specifc depictions of holy figures.

11. Which work is by Courbet, as shown in Chapter 6 on pages 124 and 125?
(a) "La Fortune."
(b) "Girl in White Stockings."
(c) "The Witches Sabbath."
(d) "The Temptation of Saint Anthony."

12. What conventions influence traditional European oil painting as it develops?
(a) The strive to create more social good.
(b) The intolerance of nude figures.
(c) The push for experimental theater and arts in general.
(d) The obsession with property and power.

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

14. According to Berger et al., what does traditional oil painting effectively do?
(a) Permits artists to express portraits in a humanistic style.
(b) Reduces all things to a tradable material or measurable commodity.
(c) Allows for the reformation of the church.
(d) Promotes the lower classes of society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about an art collector compared to a collector of other objects?

2. What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer?

3. What is the extraordinary significance of works such as" A Family Group" by Nouts?

4. What do navigational instruments generally symbolize in a traditional oil painting?

5. Which word best describes the position of artists as traditional oil painting develops?

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