Ways of Seeing Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is similar about all of the portraits on page 76? (from Chapter 4)

All the subjects are holding a bible.

All the subjects are reclining in a chair.

All the subjects are undressing.

All the subjects stand alone.

2.

Which word best describes the position of artists as traditional oil painting develops? (from Chapter 5)

Opposition.

Defense.

Struggle.

Fortune.

3.

What makes the self-portraits on pages 80 and 81 interesting to the viewer? (from Chapter 4)

The perspective is more intimate and human than a typical portrait.

The subject is more intriguing in a typical portrait.

The painter includes more fine details in the self-portraits than a typical commissioned portrait.

The artist gives the viewer more than the single eye of perspective.

4.

Why do Berger et al. claim the goals of a consumer in a democratic industrial society are unachievable? (from Chapter 7)

Because they are based on daydreams stimulated by an artistic way of seeing the world.

Because they are based on limited consumerism.

Because it is impossible to have everything perfect.

Because they are based on illusions created by publicity images.

5.

What are most traditional oil paintings commissioned to demonstrate to the viewer? (from Chapter 5)

The social conditions of the time period.

The political turmoil that the patron has survived.

The style of monarchy and church rule of the time period.

The power and wealth of the patron.

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