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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 is a traditional object used in covering the figures in nude paintings?
2. What is the difference between nude and naked as stated by the authors?
3. What does Kenneth Clark (not the authors) say about the concepts of naked and nude?
4. The author proposes that there is a gap between what two concepts?
5. In Chapter 2, what is the same between pages 40 to 41 and pages 42 to 43?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is a work of art from the past mystifying to the modern viewer?
2. Berger et al. explain that there is a certain style of European oil painting that does not put the nakedness of a women as the center display, but rather puts the relationship of the woman and artist on display. What is considered provocative about these images?
3. Describe the general mood of the collection of images on pages 42 and 43.
4. Describe how Magritte's painting "The Key of Dreams" is a commentary on the gap between words and image.
5. Describe the differences between the collection of images on pages 36 and 37, and the collection of images on pages 38 and 39.
6. Describe how the single eye of perspective changes with the invention of the camera.
7. Describe how Berger et al. interpret the image of a nude women gazing in a mirror.
8. Describe how men and women are different social presences, according to Berger et al.
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. What do you think is the overall mood of the collection of images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay to describe the word "glamour" according to Berger et al. What is glamour? How does glamour fuel the consumer society? What is considered glamorous and how does this shape culture? How is glamour the modern day substitute for the qualities presented in European oil paintings?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the difference between naked and nude while answering the following questions. What are some traditional definitions of naked and nude? What do Berger et al. propose as the difference between naked and nude? How are nudes really just objectified figures?
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