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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 could be the theme for all of the images included on pages 68 to 71?

2. Which painting is an example of how oil paintings make objects desirable to touch?

3. What is most interesting about the two works from Courbet on pages 124 and 125?

4. According to Berger et al., what does traditional oil painting effectively do?

5. What is similar about the two paintings by Courbet on pages 124 and 125?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the painting "Europe supported by Africa and America" by William Blake, and propose the message the artist is sending through the work.

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 6, explain how facing pages 116 and 117 return to Blake's theme of Africa and America supporting Europe.

4. What objects are common subjects for traditional oil paintings, and how are they conventionally depicted?

5. 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"?

6. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.

7. How are pages 72 and 73, which contain images of mythological characters and fanciful human figures, different than the previous images that are displayed in Chapter 4?

8. What is in the Knoll Ball Room? Describe what it looks like.

9. 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.

10. Describe how Holbein's work "The Ambassadors" is typical of traditional oil paintings and the manner of presenting the subjects, as explained 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 the two example self-portraits of Rembrandt and explain how they are used by the authors to demonstrate the struggle and journey of early European oil painters.

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