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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. Which words best describe Chapter 1 as a whole?

2. Who is meant to benefit from the focus of a nude painting?

3. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?

4. Magritte's painting is an example of what type of artwork?

5. What is unique about the Cubist images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how men and women are different social presences, according to Berger et al.

3. Describe how there is a gap between words and sight, as explained in Chapter 1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. According to Berger et al., how can the story of Adam and Eve explain the shamefulness associated with being naked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay to define and describe the term "publicity image." Complete the following three parts in your essay.

Part 1 - Describe the authors' definition of publicity images and their use in society.

Part 2 - Explain how and why the term "visual message" is used interchangeably with "publicity image."

Part 3 - Define and describe "publicity image" in your own words.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay to compare the techniques of traditional oil painting and early photographic techniques. In your writing, cover the following questions. Which techniques are better at exposing details in the subject? Which technique gives more life to a subject? What affect does early photography have on oil painting? Give an example from the text that compares an oil painting to early photography, and describe the obvious differences that appear to the viewer.

Essay Topic 3

Berger et al. propose the metaphor that traditional European oil painting is a wall safe into which the ways of seeing are deposited. Write an essay with the following parts.

Part 1 - Explain this metaphor made by Berger et al.

Part 2 - Compare the metaphor of Berger et al. to the classic metaphor that oil painting is a window unto the world.

Part 3 - Explain your opinion: Do you agree with the metaphor of Berger et al.? Why or why not?

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