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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 the setting of "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine"?
2. Which work is by Courbet, as shown in Chapter 6 on pages 124 and 125?
3. How is Maddox Brown's painting different than the other images on pages 66 and 67?
4. What is most interesting about the two works from Courbet on pages 124 and 125?
5. What is the metaphor that Berger et al. use to describe the European oil painting tradition?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is demonstrated about the visual arts in comparing the photograph of "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes", and the oil painting "Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?
2. What is in the Knoll Ball Room? Describe what it looks like.
3. Chapter 5 begins with an oil painting showing several items contemporaneous with the Dutch school in 1665. Describe the painting and the objects it depicts.
4. Describe the images of death in Chapter 4 on pages 68 and 69, and name some of the specific paintings.
5. How is Ford Madox Brown's nineteenth century painting titled "The Pretty Baa Lambs" slightly humorous against the other images on pages 66 and 67?
6. Describe the difference in the artist portrayal of a portrait versus a self-portrait.
7. Explain how an oil painting depicts subjects differently than other art forms, as discussed by the authors.
8. How does Courbet's two paintings, reproduced in Chapter 6 on facing pages 124 and 125, titled "Girl in White Stockings" and "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine" illustrate two distinct styles of his work?
9. In Chapter 6, compare the visual characteristics of the images "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes", and the oil painting by Bartolome Murillo titled "Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill".
10. According to the authors, how is a collector of art different than a collector of other things?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the development of the singular eye of perspective with the following three-part essay.
Part 1 - Explain Berger et al.'s metaphor of the lighthouse beacon.
Part 2 - Describe how the singular eye of perspective shapes the way viewers can see a sight.
Part 3 - Explain how the invention of the camera changed the singular eye of perspective, and describe its consequences on the art world.
Essay Topic 2
Compare the qualities of European oil paintings with publicity images. Cover the following questions in your writing. What do both European oil paintings and publicity images depict? How are these subjects depicted in a way that is similar? How do both of these types of images make their subjects appear attainable and desirable?
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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