1. In Chapter 2, pages 36 and 37, how are the women in the images viewed by men in the same images?
(a) The women are the focus of their attention.
(b) The women are serving the men.
(c) The women are generally ignored.
(d) The women are awkwardly posing for the men.

2. What image is the exception to the images featured on pages 36 and 37?
(a) The storefront mannequins.
(b) The celebrity photos.
(c) The black and white photos.
(d) The advertising slogans.

3. Which statement summarizes how images are subjective?
(a) Paintings rarely have good titles to define their meaning.
(b) People usually see the same images.
(c) A good artist can pass his way of seeing to the viewer,
(d) An artist represents his own way of seeing, and the viewer sees the art with another way of seeing.

4. What is similar about all of the women in the images on pages 36 and 37?
(a) They are all the focus of men in the images.
(b) They are all cleaning.
(c) They are all ignoring the camera and viewer.
(d) They are all celebrities.

5. What has happened to the meaning of the images on pages 40 and 41?
(a) The meaning of the original image is lost when combined intentionally with text and other contrasting images.
(b) The meaning of each image is enhanced from being surrounded by photographs of similar images.
(c) The meaning of the original image is combined with a pair of two other images.
(d) The meaning of the original image is lost as well as the meaning of the images as a whole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is the most stark contrast between the images on the first set of facing pages (36 and 37) and the images on the second set of facing pages (38 and 39)?

2. Where is the spectator located when a work of art uses the single eye perspective?

3. How can a work of art lose its mystification?

4. When do artists begin to use the concept of singular perspective?

5. Which statement best describes the Cubist style?

(see the answer key)

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