Ways of Seeing Quiz

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Take our free Ways of Seeing quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

The subject is more intriguing in a typical portrait.

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.

2.

How is Rembrandt portrayed in his second self-portrait? (from Chapter 5)

As a woman.

As a young hunter.

As a great king.

As an old man.

3.

What are most traditional oil paintings commissioned to demonstrate to the viewer? (from Chapter 5)

The style of monarchy and church rule of the time period.

The political turmoil that the patron has survived.

The social conditions of the time period.

The power and wealth of the patron.

4.

How do publicity images provide reassurance for one's choices? (from Chapter 7)

By using classic artwork to make nudity acceptable.

By creating a negative image of other products.

By presenting the contrast between the world it promotes and the world that exists.

By showing the reality of the world we live in.

5.

What types of images are paired together on pages 126 and 127? (from Chapter 6)

Advertisements and celebrity photos.

Female nude paintings and male nude photos.

Drawings and architectural diagrams.

Oil paintings and photographs.

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