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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 What is visual art originally made for?

2. Magritte's painting is an example of what type of artwork?

3. How does the painter, Durer, create what he believes is the perfect nude?

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

5. What word best describes the overall affect of the combined images on pages 36 and 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, pages 42 and 43, how do the women in the images appear to men in the images?

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

3. What is similar in all of the images in Chapter 2 on pages 36 and 37?

4. How is a work of art from the past mystifying to the modern viewer?

5. What happens to the meaning of a painting when many reproductions are made?

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

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

8. Explain how an image is a record of a sight.

9. Explain how the commission by Frans Hals could easily be misunderstood by the modern viewer.

10. What effect does the inclusion of text have on the images in pages 40 and 41?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write the following three-part essay to explain how individuals have different ways of seeing.

Part 1 - Describe what the authors mean by "ways of seeing."

Part 2 - Describe why individuals all have different ways of seeing.

Part 3 - Give some examples that demonstrate how individuals have different ways of seeing.

Essay Topic 2

What is the meaning and significance of the portraits in the Knoll Ball Room? How does the location of these paintings influence their meaning? What do the portraits convey to the viewer about the subjects?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the reproduction of original paintings changes their meaning and value. Discuss the following questions in your writing. What happens to the value of an original work when numerous reproductions are made? What happens to the meaning of a painting if it is moved to a different location? How does the addition of titles or text affect the meaning of an art work?

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