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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image is the exception to the images featured on pages 36 and 37?

2. Which statement best describes what is eliminated when a work of art is reproduced?

3. To what area is the single eye of perspective unique?

4. What is Berger's conclusion about the image of a nude woman looking in a mirror?

5. What is typically the focus in a work of art displaying a nude?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Berger et al. interpret the image of a nude women gazing in a mirror.

2. Describe how the single eye of perspective changes with the invention of the camera.

3. What is the purpose of mixing images of foodstuffs with images of females in various stages of undress?

4. How does the value of the original painting change after it has been reproduced many times?

5. Explain how the women in the images are viewed by the men in the images on pages 36 and 37.

6. What is Berger's explanation for the difference between naked and nude?

7. What do you think is the overall mood of the collection of images in Chapter 2 on pages 38 and 39?

8. Describe how there is a gap between words and sight, as explained in Chapter 1.

9. Describe how men and women are different social presences, according to Berger et al.

10. According to Berger et al., how can the story of Adam and Eve explain the shamefulness associated with being naked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the two example self-portraits of Rembrandt and explain how they are used by the authors to demonstrate the struggle and journey of early European oil painters.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay to explain and compare how both traditional oil painting and modern publicity images stimulate consumerism and shape cultural ideals. Complete the following parts to the essay.

Part 1 - Describe how traditional oil painting is the basis for modern consumer culture.

Part 2 - Explain how publicity images carry the same ingredients for consumerism as European oil paintings.

Part 3 - Compare how color photographs are more effective publicity images than black and white photographs, and how this is similar to the techniques of European oil painting.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the difference between naked and nude while answering the following questions. What are some traditional definitions of naked and nude? What do Berger et al. propose as the difference between naked and nude? How are nudes really just objectified figures?

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