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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 primarily constitutes a landscape painting as traditional oil techniques are developed?
2. What is the subject of Rembrandt's first self-portrait?
3. Which of the following is the title of a painting on pages 72 and 73?
4. What is Chapter 6 comprised of?
5. What is the title of all the paintings on pages 70 and 71?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
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, 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".
4. 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?
5. Describe the mood of the collection of religious iconic images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67.
6. Describe how the wealthy influence the ways of seeing through oil paintings, as explained by Berger et al.
7. 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.
8. What objects are common subjects for traditional oil paintings, and how are they conventionally depicted?
9. Describe the painting "Europe supported by Africa and America" by William Blake, and propose the message the artist is sending through the work.
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
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 3
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.
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