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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tends to be the central figure(s) in the images presented in Chapter 4 on pages 66 and 67?
(a) Nudes in gardens.
(b) Madonna and child.
(c) Political leaders, scientists, and authors.
(d) Popes and Cardinals.

2. What is the visual irony between the images on pages 68 and 69, and the images on pages 70 and 71?
(a) The tragedy of love and death.
(b) The connection between naked and nude.
(c) The similarity between the religious and the political.
(d) The play between death and life sustaining sustenance.

3. Who is considered a master of traditional European oil painting?
(a) Gauguin.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Picasso.

4. What is the approximate historical range of the images on pages 66 and 67?
(a) From the 18th to the 19th century.
(b) From the early 1200s to the mid-1500s.
(c) From the mid-1200s to the late-1800s.
(d) From the 20th century.

5. Which word best describes the series of portraits displayed in the Knoll Ball Room?
(a) Formal.
(b) Weary.
(c) Sensual.
(d) Melancholy.

6. Which subject is accorded with the highest prestige?
(a) Animals.
(b) Mythological creatures.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) Food.

7. In Chapter 6, which painting best shows the humanity of its subject?
(a) Nattier's "Mademoiselle de Clermonte."
(b) Rembrandt's "Two Negroes."
(c) "Princess Rakoscki."
(d) "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes."

8. Which statement best describes photography in 1883?
(a) It increases the number of images an artist can capture.
(b) It is a high-tech visual format.
(c) It is very good at capturing subjects in motion.
(d) It is a primitive visual technology still in the developing stages.

9. Which of the following is the title of a painting on pages 72 and 73?
(a) "The Princess of Russia."
(b) "President Washington Age 40."
(c) "Unearthly."
(d) "Venus and Mars."

10. What is the main difference in the effect on the viewer between the two Rembrandt self-portraits?
(a) The second portrait follows all of the conventions of the time period and displays the wealth of the painter.
(b) The first portrait displays the romance and intimacy between a married couple, while the second portrait displays the empty shell of a man.
(c) The first portrait is in color and the second portrait is in black and white.
(d) The second portrait portrays the soul and individualistic style of the painter, a style that is completely avoided in the first self-portrait.

11. What could easily be stated as the theme of the paintings on pages 68 and 69?
(a) Death.
(b) War.
(c) Love.
(d) Melancholy.

12. What do navigational instruments generally symbolize in a traditional oil painting?
(a) Trade routes to acquire the riches of other nations.
(b) The position of the patrons' social and political status.
(c) Scientific endeavors.
(d) Merchandise lost at sea.

13. What does Couture's painting "A Roman Feast" display?
(a) A voluptuous reclining woman.
(b) The end of a war with a field of bodies.
(c) A full glass of wine and a festive party.
(d) A full table of meat and bread.

14. What is extraordinary about painting subjects such as children?
(a) The artist must capture their likeness with little time viewing the subject.
(b) Artists must entertain the subject while completing the painting.
(c) Patrons do not typically comission paintings of children.
(d) Children are not a symbol of wealth or well-being, and so are rarely commissioned.

15. Which of the following would be a good symbol for the collection of images on pages 68 to 71?
(a) Two doves with an olive branch.
(b) A nude woman with a rose.
(c) A president with a burning flag.
(d) A corpse with a glass of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what are the images depictions of on pages 66 and 67?

2. What is visually similar about the paintings "Sarah Burge, 1883. Dr Barnardo's Homes" and " Peasant Boy Leaning on Sill"?

3. What is the extraordinary significance of works such as" A Family Group" by Nouts?

4. According to Berger et al., what does traditional oil painting effectively do?

5. In what general style are most of the images in Chapter 4?

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