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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 is surprising to see mixed in with the images on pages 40 and 41?

2. In general, what does seeing do?

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

4. Which painting is used an example of who benefits from a nude painting?

5. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams" is a commentary on the gap between words and image.

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

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

4. What is similar in all of the images in Chapter 2 on pages 36 and 37?

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

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

7. How is a work of art from the past mystifying to the modern viewer?

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

9. Explain how Cubism contradicts the single eye of perspective.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the meaning and significance of the portraits in the Knoll Ball Room? How does the location of these paintings influence their meaning? What do the portraits convey to the viewer about the subjects?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the two example self-portraits of Rembrandt and explain how they are used by the authors to demonstrate the struggle and journey of early European oil painters.

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