Question 1

Artists primarily used the camera obscura to:

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produce naturalistic drawings of the world.

Question 2

In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge photographed a galloping horse and discovered that:

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galloping horses occasionally have all four hooves off the ground.

Question 3

Dada collage artist Hannah HÃ¶ch used \"found\" photographs to express:

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all of these

Question 4

Andy Warhol\'s film Empire:

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is a film about watching time pass.

Question 5

The use by artists of the camera obscura (literally dark room) began in:

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the Italian Renaissance

Question 6

The works of Henry Peach Robinson and Andreas Gursky exemplify the photographer\'s:

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manipulation and combination of different photographic images in one work.

Question 7

The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as:

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photojournalism

Question 8

A daguerreotype was an early photographic method created using a:

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copper plate covered with silver iodine.

Question 9

The LumiÃ¨re brothers:

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invented the first workable film projector.

Question 10

A major difference between the work of a \"pure\" or \"straight\" photographer, such as Alfred Stieglitz, and the work of a documentary photographer, such as Dorothea Lange, is:

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the different intentions of each photographer.

Question 11

In 1888 the Kodak camera changed the history of photography:

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by making photography easily accessible to the general public.

Question 12

The Dada movement was formed as a reaction to:

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World War I

Question 13

Man Ray created mysterious images, called _________, that looked like ordinary photographs but did not require a camera to record them.

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Rayograms

Question 14

Despite an enthusiastic public acceptance, the success of the daguerreotype was limited by:

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the inability to make multiple images from one negative.

Question 15

A(n) _________ is a director whose films are marked by a consistent, individual style and is closely involved in conceiving the idea for the film\'s story and writing the script.

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auteur

Question 16

Nam Jun Pak is best known for:

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video ar

Question 17

Julia Margaret Cameron is renowned for her:

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portraits

Question 18

Early examples of art photography often imitated:

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the narrative form of painting.

Question 19

Artists like Peter Campus became interested in video because:

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video signals could be electronically manipulated into interesting images.

Question 20

The Farm Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:

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paid photographers to document the Great Depression.

Question 21

Designing for the Web adds the potential for ________ reactions to choices made by a visitor to the site.

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motion and interactivity

Question 22

Which graphic design team developed the familiar set of symbols used today to communicate information across language barriers to international travelers?

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Cook and Shanosky

Question 23

A designer\'s blueprint for books and magazines and other works in print is called:

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a layout

Question 24

The development of ________ in the 19th century introduced the widespread use of color in posters.

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color lithography

Question 25

Although symbols convey information and embody ideas:

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all of these

Question 26

W. Bradford Paley\'s TextArc program uses an entire text of a book and:

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displays all of the text on screen, allowing users to explore relationships between its words.

Question 27

According to the author, graphic design as we know it today has its roots in two developments. They are:

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the printing press and the Industrial Revolution.

Question 28

Cassidy Curtis\'s Graffiti Archaeology is organized by ________ to effectively display its subject.

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location and time

Question 29

Graphic design used to be known as ________ art.

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commercial

Question 30

One of the most effective and easiest ways for a company to change its image is:

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to redesign its logo

Question 31

An image created to accompany words is called:

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an illustration

Question 32

A ________ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity.

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a logo

Question 33

The ancient symbol from Chinese philosophy that embodies a worldview of mutual interdependence is the ________ symbol.

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yin-yang

Question 34

Graphic design has as its goal the communication of some __________ message to a group of people.

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specific

Question 35

In 1525, with the advent of moveable type, ________ created a unified alphabet that could be mass-produced.

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Albrecht Durer

Question 36

The ________ first made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely.

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printing press

Question 37

One of the most celebrated 19th-century artists, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created posters for the famous dance hall called:

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the Moulin Rouge.

Question 38

The American graphic designer who created some of the most memorable logos for IBM, UPS, and ABC is:

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Paul Rand

Question 39

Fired clay is sometimes called:

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terra cotta.

Question 40

________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture.

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assemblage

Question 41

Minimalists:

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All of these are the case.

Question 42

Casting is known as ________ method.

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an indirect

Question 43

Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are known as:

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earthworks.

Question 44

The artworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are intended:

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all of these answers are correct

Question 45

Which of the following concepts conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art?

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installation art

Question 46

High-relief sculpture is different from low-relief sculpture in that:

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high-relief projects boldly from the background, and elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.

Question 47

The ________ process dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C.E.

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lost-wax

Question 48

The additive process of sculpture includes:

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both assembling and modeling.

Question 49

Contrapposto (meaning counter poise or counterbalance) was developed by ________ as a pose for sculptures of the human figure.

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ancient Greeks

Question 50

Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________.

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natural; ephemeral

Question 51

Four basic methods for making a sculpture are:

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modeling, casting, carving, and assembling.

Question 52

The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of:

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high-relief sculpture.

Question 53

Relief sculpture is:

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all of these

Question 54

Carved in a broad style of plain surfaces and subtle modeling, Colossal Head is thought to represent ________ rulers.

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olmec

Question 55

Sculptors will often create a \"sketch\" out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice.

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clay

Question 56

The carving method:

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all of these

Question 57

What is the key difference between the process of lost-wax casting as practiced in ancient times and that same process today?

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Today, multiples can be created from the process.

Question 58

The subtractive process involves:

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carving

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