Art Appreciation Answers – Flashcards
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An identifying mark or trademark is referred to as a(n) _______.
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logo
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Edward Muybridge is best known for photographing people and animals in:
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motion
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Film depends on a phenomenon called _______ in which the human brain retains a visual image for a fraction of a second longer than the human eye records, making everything we see continuous and uninterrupted.
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persistence of vision
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One of the earliest forms of photographic images was a:
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daguerreotype
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Perfecting the photographic process, Louis Daguerre was able to include _______ in his photographs, as seen in his 1839 photo Le Boulevard du Temple.
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people
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The art of composing printed material from letterforms is called:
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typography
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The device invented in the 16th century as a means of capturing and fixing images from the natural world whose name means "dark room" is:
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camera obscura
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The work Absolute Power is typical of the designer:
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Chaz Maviyane-Davies
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_______ was an early advocate of photography as an art form. He/she opened a gallery in New York City in 1905.
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Steiglitz
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A(n) _______ is a picture or decoration created to enhance displayed written material, inform the public and catch the viewer's eye.
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poster
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A promoter of environmentalism and social problems, this artist is known primarily for photographs of the natural environment, such as Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California.
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Ansel Adams
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An illustration is commonly used alongside:
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written material
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In filmmaking, each unbroken sequence of movie frames, with the camera still rolling, is called a:
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shot
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Many contemporary photographers use new _______ technology, exemplified by Andreas Gursky's Statesville, Illinois.
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digital
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The method of photography that first allowed families in the United States and Europe to collect photos of themselves was:
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daguerreotype
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This artist is best known for expanding the traditional limitations of artistic media by incorporating video and electronic media into his/her artwork, as can be seen in Video Flag Z.
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Nam June Paik
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This photographer of Atop the Chrysler Building was associated with Life magazine.
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Margaret Bourke-White
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This still from Oskar Fischinger's film Circles is considered to be the first:
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experimental film
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_______ invented the Polaroid camera.
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Edwin Land
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_______ is credited with introducing the concept of the photo essay.
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Bourke-White
