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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. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?

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

3. After reproductions are made, an original work of art is unique only in its what?

4. How does the painter, Durer, create what he believes is the perfect nude?

5. According to Berger et al., how must a woman observe herself in order to see herself in the eyes of a man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of mixing images of foodstuffs with images of females in various stages of undress?

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

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

5. Explain how the women in the images are viewed by the men in the images on pages 36 and 37.

6. Explain how combining a variety of images to present a concept can be more powerful than using a single image.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay to explain and compare how both traditional oil painting and modern publicity images stimulate consumerism and shape cultural ideals. Complete the following parts to the essay.

Part 1 - Describe how traditional oil painting is the basis for modern consumer culture.

Part 2 - Explain how publicity images carry the same ingredients for consumerism as European oil paintings.

Part 3 - Compare how color photographs are more effective publicity images than black and white photographs, and how this is similar to the techniques of European oil painting.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay to describe how works of art from the past mystify viewers in the present. Answer the following questions in your writing. Where do the viewers see themselves when they observe a work of art from the past? What depictions are easily misinterpreted from historical art works? Do you think that viewers in the present see the same sight as viewers from the past when they look at a work of art from the past? Support your reasoning.

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