Ways of Seeing Quizzes

Ways of Seeing Quiz #1

1 Ways of Seeing was originally a

play

manuscript

concept album

TV series
2 Berger created Ways of Seeing in response to

losing his job at Columbia University

a book on Leonardo da Vinci

Kenneth Clark's "Civilization"

an unsatisfying visit to the Louvre
3 How many Chapters in Ways of Seeing are composed only of images?

3

6

2

5
4 Berger believed that an artwork's meaning

can only be understood by the artist

is constructed by the viewer's relation to it

is intrinsic to the work of art

doesn't matter
5 Berger's philosophy is informed by

Marxism

Slavoj Zizek

Leninism

Adam Smith
6 How does Berger define images?

Everything that we see in the world

Paintings only

Man-made representations of the world

Any kind of photograph
7 Images are all encoded with

The creator's way of seeing

QR codes

A fixed monetary value

Secret conspiratorial messages
8 Why does Berger claim that words are insufficient for representing what we see?

Seeing comes before speaking/naming

Some sights can only be described in French

Most people don't have big enough vocabularies

The language barrier gets in the way
9 Every image is a

Painting

Photograph

Document of how its creator saw the world

Secret code
10 Who first wrote about images and mechanical reproduction?

Kenneth Clark

Karl Marx

Walter Benjamin

John Berger
11 According to Benjamin, mechanical reproduction destroys an image's

exchange value

aura

use value

surface
12 When an artwork is mechanically reproduced, it

circulates more widely and therefore more democratically

loses all of its worth

stays available only to the elite

remains the same
13 Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that Berger suggests works' meanings change when they are reproduced?

They might be arranged in a certain order to form an argument

They can be cropped to focus on a specific part

They are sometimes accompanied by text, which overdetermines their meaning

They become lower quality, making it harder to see the details
14 Which class has the strongest ability to control how images are understood?

The elite

The proletariat

The petite bourgeoisie

The priests and priestesses
15 Which value does Berger believe is the most important for evaluating an artwork?

Its beauty

Its form

Its democratic appeal

Its claim to truth
16 Frans Hals was

A Dutch painter

A French clergyman

A Marxist philosopher

The star of Kenneth Clark's "Civilization"
17 What did Hals paint?

Everyday scenes of impoverished Dutch life

The Mona Lisa

The Dutch royals whose charity saved his life

The Venus d'Urbino
18 Why did Berger deride the book about Hals?

It was written by Kenneth Clark

It only contained mechanically reproduced images

It crops all of his paintings in an unflattering way

It discourages readers from interpreting his paintings for themselves
19 Which value does Berger suggest was upheld too strongly by the book on Hals?

Conservatism

Marxism

Capitalism

Gender equality
20 The Renaissance idea of perspective

Was developed to uphold private property

Opposes Descartes' proposition that "I think, therefore I am"

Centers the entire world on the eye of the beholder

Was unpopular from the outset
21 Which invention challenged the conventions of perspective?

The printing press

Eyeglasses

The bronze cast

The camera
22 How does Berger feel about the quasi-religious status afforded to famous original paintings that have been widely reproduced?

He dislikes anything that has to do with religion

He wants it to be afforded to more paintings

He agrees with it

He thinks it's entirely bogus
23 Which artwork does Berger discuss as a case study on mass reproduction?

Gericault's Raft of the Medusa

Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks

David's Death of Socrates

Leonardo's Mona Lisa
24 What happened when The Virgin and Child sold for $2.5 million pounds?

It lost all its use value

The museum where it hangs put it behind bulletproof glass and suddenly attracted more visitors

It was stolen from the museum because they didn't do enough to protect it

It was no longer allowed to be reproduced
25 According to Berger, the majority of the population sees art museums as most akin to

Churches

Shopping malls

Playgrounds

Lecture halls