Ways of Seeing Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does the painter, Durer, create what he believes is the perfect nude? (from Chapter 3)

By sketching a beautiful nude from his imagination.

By holding competitions for the most beautiful naked woman and using the winner as a nude.

By combining various parts from different female bodies to create a full nude.

By selecting the most male-like female figures and using them as nudes.

2.

What could be the theme for all of the images included on pages 68 to 71? (from Chapter 4)

Love will always lead to sorrow.

Nudity does not always equal pleasure for the viewer,

Power is forever corrupt.

Death is a necessary part of life.

3.

Why do Berger et al. claim the goals of a consumer in a democratic industrial society are unachievable? (from Chapter 7)

Because they are based on limited consumerism.

Because they are based on daydreams stimulated by an artistic way of seeing the world.

Because it is impossible to have everything perfect.

Because they are based on illusions created by publicity images.

4.

According to the authors, what is a woman's internal presence comprised of? (from Chapter 3)

A perception of how she should act to be treated like she wants.

A preception of what men like.

An idea of what she looks like to a man.

An illusion of what she should be.

5.

What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer? (from Chapter 4)

The perspective is more intimate and human than a typical portrait.

The painter includes more fine details in the self-portraits than a typical commissioned portrait.

The artist gives the viewer more than the single eye of perspective.

The subject is more intriguing in a typical portrait.

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