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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. 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 that the patron is of good health.
(c) It demonstrates their good political judgment.
(d) It demonstrates what they own and enjoy in life.

2. Why is it a significant accomplishment for an artist to paint children at play?
(a) Because the artist must keep the children seated for many hours.
(b) Because patrons rarely allow paintings of their children.
(c) Because most of the image must be recreated from memory and imagination.
(d) Because the image can be captured better with a photograph.

3. What is Chapter 6 comprised of?
(a) Oil paintings and some photographs.
(b) Black and white photography.
(c) Abstract mixed media.
(d) Publicity images.

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

5. Which phrase is a good description of how Demoiselles is portrayed?
(a) Demoiselles is intelligent and refined.
(b) Demoiselles is bold and sensual.
(c) Demoiselles is covered, hidden, protected and innocent.
(d) Demoiselle is strong and goddess-like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be said about the contents of Chapter 4?

2. What does Couture's painting "A Roman Feast" display?

3. In what general style are most of the images in Chapter 4?

4. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Holbein's work "The Ambassadors" is typical of traditional oil paintings and the manner of presenting the subjects, as explained by the authors.

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

3. According to the authors, how is a collector of art different than a collector of other things?

4. How is the meaning of the images in Chapter 6 on pages 120 and 121, that depict daily life, of any significance?

5. 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".

6. Explain how the pairs of paintings and photographs in Chapter 6 on pages 126 and 127 complement each other.

7. Explain how an oil painting depicts subjects differently than other art forms, as discussed by the authors.

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

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

10. How are pages 72 and 73, which contain images of mythological characters and fanciful human figures, different than the previous images that are displayed in Chapter 4?

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