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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 Couture's painting "A Roman Feast" display?

2. Which subject is accorded with the highest prestige?

3. What could be the theme for all of the images included on pages 68 to 71?

4. Which word best describes the position of artists as traditional oil painting develops?

5. What does Nattier's "Mademoiselle de Clermonte" depict?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the painting "Europe supported by Africa and America" by William Blake, and propose the message the artist is sending through the work.

2. Describe how Holbein's work "The Ambassadors" is typical of traditional oil paintings and the manner of presenting the subjects, as explained by the authors.

3. Explain how the pairs of paintings and photographs in Chapter 6 on pages 126 and 127 complement each other.

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

5. Describe Couture's eighteenth century painting "A Roman Feast", and explain how it plays into the other images on the facing page.

6. How does Courbet's two paintings, reproduced in Chapter 6 on facing pages 124 and 125, titled "Girl in White Stockings" and "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine" illustrate two distinct styles of his work?

7. According to the authors, how is a collector of art different than a collector of other things?

8. 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?

9. In Chapter 4, explain what interconnections can be made between the images of death on pages 68 and 69, and the images of food, wine, and the hunt on pages 70 and 71.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the development of the singular eye of perspective with the following three-part essay.

Part 1 - Explain Berger et al.'s metaphor of the lighthouse beacon.

Part 2 - Describe how the singular eye of perspective shapes the way viewers can see a sight.

Part 3 - Explain how the invention of the camera changed the singular eye of perspective, and describe its consequences on the art world.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay to compare the techniques of traditional oil painting and early photographic techniques. In your writing, cover the following questions. Which techniques are better at exposing details in the subject? Which technique gives more life to a subject? What affect does early photography have on oil painting? Give an example from the text that compares an oil painting to early photography, and describe the obvious differences that appear to the viewer.

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