Ways of Seeing Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is similar about all of the portraits on page 76? (from Chapter 4)

All the subjects are undressing.

All the subjects are holding a bible.

All the subjects are reclining in a chair.

All the subjects stand alone.

2.

What is the purpose of the paired images on pages 126 and 127? (from Chapter 6)

Each pair plays off each other to enhance their subject matter and style.

Each pair demonstrates a different period in art history.

Each pair shows a different side of popular culture.

Each pair demonstrates ways to pose the human body as a subject.

3.

What is a contradiction to the assumption that early European oil painters portrayed a level of humanism in their work? (from Chapter 3)

Their expression of women as either objects or abstractions.

Their omission of male nudes in their paintings.

Their inability to use humanistic expression in landscapes.

Their use of non-human colors to paint their nudes.

4.

According to Berger et al., how do publicity images market a product? (from Chapter 7)

They take away the love a consumer has for herself, and who she is.

They advertise the present norms of society.

They promote how the consumer, in her present self, is glamorous.

They promise the consumer that they will be more powerful.

5.

Which of the following would be a good symbol for the collection of images on pages 68 to 71? (from Chapter 4)

A nude woman with a rose.

A president with a burning flag.

Two doves with an olive branch.

A corpse with a glass of wine.

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