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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following is a common theme in the images on pages 116 and 117?
(a) Navigation and the New World.
(b) Africa and America supporting Europe.
(c) Sensuous nude women.
(d) Science versus religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was oil painting first developed?

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

3. In Chapter 6, what images are on pages 120 and 121?

4. Which work is by Courbet, as shown in Chapter 6 on pages 124 and 125?

5. Who is considered a master of traditional European oil painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the images of death in Chapter 4 on pages 68 and 69, and name some of the specific paintings.

2. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.

3. Explain how Rembrandt's two self-portraits, the first at age twenty-eight and the second at age fifty-eight, evolve to include content that is not conventionally found in traditional oil paintings of his time.

4. Describe how the wealthy influence the ways of seeing through oil paintings, as explained by Berger et al.

5. What objects are common subjects for traditional oil paintings, and how are they conventionally depicted?

6. Describe the painting "Europe supported by Africa and America" by William Blake, and propose the message the artist is sending through the work.

7. According to Berger et al., how do traditional oil paintings perpetuate the wealth and power of the ruling class?

8. In Chapter 6, explain how facing pages 116 and 117 return to Blake's theme of Africa and America supporting Europe.

9. In Chapter 6, compare the visual characteristics of the images "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes", and the oil painting by Bartolome Murillo titled "Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill".

10. Describe Couture's eighteenth century painting "A Roman Feast", and explain how it plays into the other images on the facing page.

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