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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 the extraordinary significance of works such as" A Family Group" by Nouts?

2. Which of the following is the title of a painting on pages 72 and 73?

3. Which words best describe the setting of "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine"?

4. From what ages does Rembrandt paint two self-portraits?

5. In Chapter 4, what are the images depictions of on pages 66 and 67?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, explain how facing pages 116 and 117 return to Blake's theme of Africa and America supporting Europe.

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

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

5. Explain how Rembrandt's two self-portraits, the first at age twenty-eight and the second at age fifty-eight, evolve to include content that is not conventionally found in traditional oil paintings of his time.

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

7. Explain how an oil painting depicts subjects differently than other art forms, as discussed by the authors.

8. 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?

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

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

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

Explain how traditional European oil paintings make their subjects appear tangible and desirable, and discuss the affect this has on the culture of the time period.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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