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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 does the word 'image' mean in this book?

2. What affect does a title have on a painting's meaning?

3. Which is a traditional object used in covering the figures in nude paintings?

4. What word would best describe the images on pages 40 and 41?

5. What is the difference between nude and naked as stated by the authors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the general mood of the collection of images on pages 42 and 43.

2. Berger et al. explain that there is a certain style of European oil painting that does not put the nakedness of a women as the center display, but rather puts the relationship of the woman and artist on display. What is considered provocative about these images?

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

4. Explain how Cubism contradicts the single eye of perspective.

5. Explain how combining a variety of images to present a concept can be more powerful than using a single image.

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

7. Describe how Bronzino's painting of Cupid kissing the lips of Venus shows that nudity is created with a spectator in mind.

8. Explain how, according to the authors, a woman continually sees and is seen by herself as two parts of one female identity.

9. Explain how the portrayal of women by European oil painters is a contradiction to their own work theory, as explained by the authors.

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

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 describe the word "glamour" according to Berger et al. What is glamour? How does glamour fuel the consumer society? What is considered glamorous and how does this shape culture? How is glamour the modern day substitute for the qualities presented in European oil paintings?

Essay Topic 3

Berger et al. propose the metaphor that traditional European oil painting is a wall safe into which the ways of seeing are deposited. Write an essay with the following parts.

Part 1 - Explain this metaphor made by Berger et al.

Part 2 - Compare the metaphor of Berger et al. to the classic metaphor that oil painting is a window unto the world.

Part 3 - Explain your opinion: Do you agree with the metaphor of Berger et al.? Why or why not?

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