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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. What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer?
2. Which statement best describes photography in 1883?
3. How could one best describe Hans Baldung Grien's "Three ages of Women"?
4. All of the following are titles of works that begin Chapter 6, except for which one?
5. What is significant about the images presented on pages 120 and 121?
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. 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?
3. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.
4. Describe the painting "Europe supported by Africa and America" by William Blake, and propose the message the artist is sending through the work.
5. 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".
6. In Chapter 4, explain what interconnections can be made between the images of death on pages 68 and 69, and the images of food, wine, and the hunt on pages 70 and 71.
7. Describe the images of death in Chapter 4 on pages 68 and 69, and name some of the specific paintings.
8. Explain how the pairs of paintings and photographs in Chapter 6 on pages 126 and 127 complement each other.
9. Explain how Rembrandt's two self-portraits, the first at age twenty-eight and the second at age fifty-eight, evolve to include content that is not conventionally found in traditional oil paintings of his time.
10. Explain how an oil painting depicts subjects differently than other art forms, as discussed by the authors.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Family and other social groupings of ordinary daily life are depicted in the six reproductions on facing pages 120 to123. Write an essay to: 1. describe the significance of the paintings, 2. specifically explain their meaning and value to the viewer, and 3. explain their significance and value to the owner.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the psychology of publicity images and modern consumerism according to Berger et al. and compare that to the authors' explanation of the spectator-owner versus the spectator-buyer psychology associated with European oil paintings.
Essay Topic 3
Describe how the reproduction of original paintings changes their meaning and value. Discuss the following questions in your writing. What happens to the value of an original work when numerous reproductions are made? What happens to the meaning of a painting if it is moved to a different location? How does the addition of titles or text affect the meaning of an art work?
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