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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 of the following is a detail of Gauguin's painting "Nevermore"?

2. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?

3. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?

4. What is visual art originally made for?

5. What would be a surprising image to display on pages 42 and 43?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to the meaning of a painting when many reproductions are made?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write the following three-part essay to explain how individuals have different ways of seeing.

Part 1 - Describe what the authors mean by "ways of seeing."

Part 2 - Describe why individuals all have different ways of seeing.

Part 3 - Give some examples that demonstrate how individuals have different ways of seeing.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a three-part essay to explain the ideas presented on the differences between men and women.

Part 1 - Describe the authors' opinions on the difference between how a man and woman are positioned in society, and discuss why.

Part 2 - Explain the difference between how a man views himself and how a woman must view herself.

Part 3 - Explain Berger et al.'s idea on how a woman must see herself as a sight.

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