Art Class 2 – Flashcards
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What is a photograph?
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An image created by light falling on a light sensitive surface, usually film.
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The photograph above was produced by ______(1)______. The process he/she used is the same process used by ______(2)______ to create ______(3)______.
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(1) Anna Atkins; (2) architects; (3) blueprints
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Which of the following is not true about digital photography?
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For each image captured using a digital camera, a tonal inversion of a positive image is created, in which light appears dark, and dark appears light.
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The camera is a relatively new invention, dating back to the ______(1)______. However, the science of photography dates back centuries, with the first example being invented by a scientist around ______(2)______ AD.
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(1) 1800s; (2) 1000
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Negative film was invented by ______(1)_______, which allowed negative images to be produced. A negative image is a __________(2)___________
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(1) Henry Fox Talbot; (2) tonal inversion of a positive image, where light appears dark, and dark appears light.
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______________ is a printing process in which an image is photographed through a screen on to a sensitized printing plate that after development is etched.
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Photogravure
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The first camera-like invention was created by a(n) _____(1)_____. Camera is Latin for "_____(2)_____", which is the box-like chamber of a camera where the light enters into through a small hole.
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(1) Iraqi scientist; (2) room
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Margaret Bourke White is famous for her photographic essays of WWII. White took this photo (above) entitled, The Living Dead, of German men looking at a group concentration camp prisoners (although we cannot see the prisoners) after the camp was liberated. When she was asked by a LIFE magazine writer about the picture, she replied, "Dead men will have indeed died in vain, if living men refuse to look at them." What did she mean?
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If the living do not examine past mistakes, in particular with war and hatred, then the ones who died because of these things will have died for no reason.
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This photography by Jacob Riis, entitled, Sleeping Children. He was a photographer in New York City in the early 1900s who used his camera and skills to capture images in an effort to fuel change for the poor. This type of photography is called __________________.
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Social Documentation
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The photograph above is an example of _______________. This is a darkroom technique to create surreal images.
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solarization
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The Sabattier effect is _____________________
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a darkroom technique to create surreal images, which is made by re-exposing a partially developed print to light during the processing.
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What is photojournalism?
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A report of recorded facts about the world to provide others with information.
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As was done with the photo above, photojournalism has allowed us to record not only facts and information, but also record __________________
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the feelings and emotions that only a visual image can show.
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Examine the photographic image above. Which of the following is true?
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This is an example of a montage because the artist has combined several distinct images to produce a blended or combined picture.
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___________ is a picture that includes the full face or another feature with much detail.
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Close up
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______(1)______ is an application of commercial photography used to sell a service or product, where as ______(2)______ is an application of commercial photography to communicate or establish trends. Both are important components to advertising and the world of fashion.
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(1) Advertising; (2) fashion
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______________ is an application of commercial photography to communicate or establish trends.
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Fashion
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Using traditional photographic paper, a slide, which is printed as a positive image, ______________
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was not able to be reproduced as a print until the ilfochrome process was understood.
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Commercial photography ______________
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illustrates and sells a product or service for money.
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_________________ allow(s) for increasing creativity and uniqueness in advertising.
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Technology
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The advertisement above is attempting to not only sell the product, but also to convince the buyer that _____________________
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he/she will experience freedom, power, and independence by riding and owning this bike.
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Besides advertising new products and services, commercial photography also ____________
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accomplishes all of the above.
