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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be stated as the theme of pages 40 and 41?

2. What does the word 'image' mean in this book?

3. What does the traditional depiction of Adam and Eve project as the perception of being naked?

4. In general, what does seeing do?

5. What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Berger's explanation for the difference between naked and nude?

2. Describe how the single eye of perspective changes with the invention of the camera.

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

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

5. Explain how the portrayal of women by European oil painters is a contradiction to their own work theory, as explained by the authors.

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

7. Describe how Berger et al. interpret the image of a nude women gazing in a mirror.

8. Describe the metaphor of the lighthouse and the single eye of perspective.

9. How does the value of the original painting change after it has been reproduced many times?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Woman nudes are a common subject in traditional European oil paintings. Write the following three-part essay to describe the portrayal of women in these paintings.

Part 1 - Describe how female nudes are positioned and situated in paintings that are tailored to the male viewer.

Part 2 - Explain some of the various ways that artists manipulate the depiction of female nudes to shape the viewer's way of seeing.

Part 3 - Contrast the assumed humanism in European oil paintings with the portrayal of women nudes in traditional European oil paintings.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how traditional European oil paintings make their subjects appear tangible and desirable, and discuss the affect this has on the culture of the time period.

Essay Topic 3

Write an opinion essay to answer the following question. Do you think that the combination of publicity, glamour, and consumerism is a recipe for unhappiness? Support your opinion by agreeing or disagreeing with the examples from the authors.

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