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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, what images are on pages 120 and 121?
(a) Landscapes.
(b) Botanical prints.
(c) Formal portaits.
(d) Family and other social groupings.

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

4. What is similar about the two paintings by Courbet on pages 124 and 125?
(a) They are very dark and bold in color.
(b) They both show family settings.
(c) They are both feminine.
(d) They both depict voluptuous women.

5. In what general style are most of the images in Chapter 4?
(a) Op art.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Realism.
(d) Cubism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words best describe the gaze of the subjects on their own material goods in a traditional oil painting?

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

3. What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer?

4. What primarily constitutes a landscape painting as traditional oil techniques are developed?

5. Which words best describe the mood of the paintings on pages 66 and 67?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the images on pages 120 and 121 that depict family and other social groupings of common, ordinary daily life?

2. Describe the difference in the artist portrayal of a portrait versus a self-portrait.

3. How is the meaning of the images in Chapter 6 on pages 120 and 121, that depict daily life, of any significance?

4. Describe how the wealthy influence the ways of seeing through oil paintings, as explained by Berger et al.

5. How are pages 72 and 73, which contain images of mythological characters and fanciful human figures, different than the previous images that are displayed in Chapter 4?

6. According to Berger et al., how do traditional oil paintings perpetuate the wealth and power of the ruling class?

7. What is in the Knoll Ball Room? Describe what it looks like.

8. What objects are common subjects for traditional oil paintings, and how are they conventionally depicted?

9. Describe the images of death in Chapter 4 on pages 68 and 69, and name some of the specific paintings.

10. How is Ford Madox Brown's nineteenth century painting titled "The Pretty Baa Lambs" slightly humorous against the other images on pages 66 and 67?

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