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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is meant to be the ideal viewer of pages 42 and 43?
(a) Female consumers.
(b) Art historians.
(c) Contemporary artists.
(d) Businessmen.

2. Why can every viewer see a painting in a different way?
(a) Each viewer sees a painting based on their prior experiences and expectations.
(b) All viewers have different eyesight abilities.
(c) Every viewer has a different color preference.
(d) Viewers have a variety of education levels in art history.

3. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) The meaning of the original image is lost when combined intentionally with text and other contrasting images.
(b) The meaning of the original image is lost as well as the meaning of the images as a whole.
(c) The meaning of each image is enhanced from being surrounded by photographs of similar images.
(d) The meaning of the original image is combined with a pair of two other images.

4. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?
(a) Words and text.
(b) Words and poetry.
(c) Words and sight.
(d) Words and thought.

5. To what area is the single eye of perspective unique?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Middle East.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?

2. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?

3. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?

4. Which phrase describes Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams"?

5. What image is the exception to the images featured on pages 36 and 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Bronzino's painting of Cupid kissing the lips of Venus shows that nudity is created with a spectator in mind.

2. Describe the general mood of the collection of images on pages 42 and 43.

3. Describe the differences between the collection of images on pages 36 and 37, and the collection of images on pages 38 and 39.

4. Describe the combination of images present in Chapter 2 on pages 40 and 41.

5. What happens to the meaning of a painting when many reproductions are made?

6. In Chapter 2, pages 42 and 43, how do the women in the images appear to men in the images?

7. What effect does the inclusion of text have on the images in pages 40 and 41?

8. Explain how an image is a record of a sight.

9. Berger et al. explain that there is a certain style of European oil painting that does not put the nakedness of a women as the center display, but rather puts the relationship of the woman and artist on display. What is considered provocative about these images?

10. What do you think is the overall mood of the collection of images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?

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