Ways of Seeing Quizzes

Ways of Seeing Quiz #1

1 Ways of Seeing was originally a
TV series

concept album

play

manuscript
2 Berger created Ways of Seeing in response to
an unsatisfying visit to the Louvre

losing his job at Columbia University

a book on Leonardo da Vinci

Kenneth Clark's "Civilization"
3 How many Chapters in Ways of Seeing are composed only of images?
6

3

5

2
4 Berger believed that an artwork's meaning
is intrinsic to the work of art

can only be understood by the artist

doesn't matter

is constructed by the viewer's relation to it
5 Berger's philosophy is informed by
Adam Smith

Marxism

Slavoj Zizek

Leninism
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

A fixed monetary value

QR codes

Secret conspiratorial messages
8 Why does Berger claim that words are insufficient for representing what we see?
The language barrier gets in the way

Most people don't have big enough vocabularies

Some sights can only be described in French

Seeing comes before speaking/naming
9 Every image is a
Document of how its creator saw the world

Secret code

Photograph

Painting
10 Who first wrote about images and mechanical reproduction?
Karl Marx

Walter Benjamin

John Berger

Kenneth Clark
11 According to Benjamin, mechanical reproduction destroys an image's
aura

use value

exchange value

surface
12 When an artwork is mechanically reproduced, it
stays available only to the elite

circulates more widely and therefore more democratically

remains the same

loses all of its worth
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 priests and priestesses

The petite bourgeoisie

The elite

The proletariat
15 Which value does Berger believe is the most important for evaluating an artwork?
Its form

Its democratic appeal

Its beauty

Its claim to truth
16 Frans Hals was
The star of Kenneth Clark's "Civilization"

A French clergyman

A Marxist philosopher

A Dutch painter
17 What did Hals paint?
The Mona Lisa

The Venus d'Urbino

The Dutch royals whose charity saved his life

Everyday scenes of impoverished Dutch life
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?
Marxism

Gender equality

Conservatism

Capitalism
20 The Renaissance idea of perspective
Centers the entire world on the eye of the beholder

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

Was unpopular from the outset

Was developed to uphold private property
21 Which invention challenged the conventions of perspective?
Eyeglasses

The bronze cast

The printing press

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

He wants it to be afforded to more paintings

He dislikes anything that has to do with religion

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

David's Death of Socrates

Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks

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

It lost all its use value
25 According to Berger, the majority of the population sees art museums as most akin to
Churches

Lecture halls

Playgrounds

Shopping malls