ART - FINAL EXAM (QUIZ 10)

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a negative
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When light-sensitive film is exposed to light, ______ image is formed.
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camera obscura
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The ______ was an early form of camera.
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easily reproduced
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The most important difference between the photographic process invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and the process devised by William Henry Fox Talbot was that Talbot's images could be ______.
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an absolutely accurate
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Because the camera appears to capture an image of an event exactly as it occurred, viewers often believe that the resulting photograph is ______ record of events.
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true forms of art
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Photographs were only recently collected by fine art museums because for a long time they were considered by some not to be ______.
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color processes were complicated color photography was impossible the chemistry used captured gray tones color was more expensive
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The earliest photographs were black and white because ______.
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writing with light
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What does the word "photograph" mean?
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a human eye
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The mechanics of the camera are very similar to those of ________.
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room-sized
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The first cameras were ________.
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the aperture
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The name of the opening that lets light into any camera is called ________.
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early 1800s
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When were the first successful photographs made using a camera?
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polished metal plates
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Daguerreotypes are made on ________.
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it creates very detailed images
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A major benefit of the daguerreotype process is that ________.
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calotypes are negatives that can be readily reproduced
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A major benefit of the calotype process is that ________.
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first passed the pea-pickers' camp, but decided to turn back to take pictures
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When she made the photograph called Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange:
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plaster casts, a framed picture, and a wine flask, by a window
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One of the earliest surviving photographs is a still life by Daguerre featuring:
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form . . . texture
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The American photographer Edward Weston focused closely on the subject of his Pepper No. 30, making the viewer concentrate on the ________ and ________ of the vegetable.
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truthful
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In order for photojournalistic news photos to be effective they need to be seen as ________.
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iris-patterns from the original photograph
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The photographer of Afghan Girl was able to locate the girl many years later using ________ as a means of identification.
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September 11, 2001
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What was the subject of the exhibition Here is New York, A Democracy of Photographs?
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1980s
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When did it become common for photographs to be collected in major fine arts museums?
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painting
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In his photograph Two Ways of Life, Oscar Gustav Rejlander employed methods that emulated the process of ________.
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. backgrounds b. proportion c. scale d. color
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Loretta Lux digitally manipulates such elements as ________ to create the effect she wants in her pictures.
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passengers on a steam ship
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The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz depicts ________
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snapshot aesthetic
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What is it called when a photographer chooses to make a photograph look candid and spontaneous?
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environmental impact
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Contemporary photographer Edward Burtynsky intends his Manufacturing series to make viewers think about human actions leading to ________.
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True
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Shining a light through a film negative reverses the tones so that multiple positive prints can be made.
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False
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The visual effect created by a camera obscura can occur in any room, whether it is light or dark.
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False
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Photographic portraits can never be poetic or introspective.
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False
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Garry Winogrand frequently posed his subjects and set up his shots beforehand.
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William Henry Fox Talbot calotype Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre daguerreotype John Herschel cyanotype
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William Henry Fox Talbot calotype Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre daguerreotype John Herschel cyanotype
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Eadweard Muybridge
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What still photographer's experimentations with photography (and settling a bet) were instrumental in the development of motion pictures because he observed that sequential images were perceived as fluid movement.
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to draw images
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How was the camera obscura first used?
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the camera can capture what the human eye cannot see
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As Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with motion showed, ________.
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a. on television screens b. in art galleries or at art events c. in such a way that they transform a space d. projected on walls
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Videos, like those Bill Viola creates, are designed to be art are often made to be presented ________. a. on television screens b. in art galleries or at art events c. in such a way that they transform a space d. projected on walls