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168- Photography A Cultural History – Final Study Guide Part 1
1.)
Who is the first in
recorded history to mention the simple principles behind the concept of camera
obscura?
a.) Mo Ti
b.) Aristotle c.) Alhazen d.) Shen Kuo
2.)
Who creates the first permanent image using camera
obscura?
a.)
Alhazen b.) Niepce
c.) Daguerre d.) Bacon
3.)
What is the Title
of the first permanent image using the camera obscura?
a.)
The Open Door b.) Self Portrait of a Drowned Man c.) Still Life d.) View from the Window at La
Gras
4.)
William Henry Fox
Talbot had conceived fixing light – induced images as early as 1833, and had
also worked at creating light sensitive paper and “fixing” the image by
introducing what compound to stop the action of light?
a.) Silver nitrate b.) Sodium chloride c.) Potassium
iodide d.) Both b and c
5.)
There was much
controversy over Daguerre’s image making process after Arago’s first statement
to the French Academy of Science on January 7, 1839 and many claims that this
process had indeed been discovered by others prior to the announcement. Which
person, according to our text, has a viable claim?
a.)
Herchel b.) Niepce c.) Bayard d.) Talbot
6.)
With the patenting
of both the Cyanotype, the Calotype and the Daguerreotype processes the
transformation of photography from invention into a commodity with commercial
promise had begun. Marrying the idea of Art and Science and resulting in the
term “art-science”. One of these
artists used this most effectively to produce Cyanotypes of British and
Foreign Ferns in 1854. Who was
that?
a.)
George Shadbolt b.) John William Draper c.) Leon Foucault
d.)
Anna Atkins
7.) The
Calotype was the basis for _________________________.
a.)
Modern photographic reproduction
b.)
Turning negative images into positive images.
c.)
Talbot to patent his processes.
d.)
All of the above
8.) Julia
Margaret Cameron is most known for_________________________.
a.)
Her slightly blurred focus
b.)
Turning negative images into positive images.
c.)
Photographing well known Victorian cultural figures
d.)
a and c
9.) The
Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton 1855 is an example of?
a.)
War b.) Fantasy c.) Documentation d.) a and c
10.) Many
women were employed as colorists, egg separators, laboratory assistants,
print cutters and print mounters
in photography studios because “that is a field exactly suited to even the
conventional notions of women’s capacity…” a.)True b.) False
11.) Who
was one of the fist Latin American war photographers?
a.)
Juan Garcia b.) Estaban
Garcia c.) Felice Guerterez d.) Pablo Sanchez
12.) Not
the first to photograph Yosemite Valley but was the best known and most
influential for the time was_________.
a.)
Timothy O’Sullivan b.) Carleton E.
Watkins c.) Eadweard Muybridge d.)
William Henry Jackson
13.) The
Tonnesen Sisters were best known for their work in what kind of photography?
a.)
portraits b.) advertising c.) activism d.) war
14.) The
invention of Dry Plates made photography faster and easier.
a.)
True b.) False
15.) In
1839, exposures could take several minutes; by the end of the nineteenth
century exposure time was reduced to________.
a.)
1/100th of a second b.) 1/500th of a second c.) 1/5,000th of a second
16.) Rotogravure
is a printing process that allowed photographs and text to be
intermingled. a.) a.) True b) False
17.)
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
(1895-1946) claimed that photography’s chief characteristic was light, and that
artists should experiment with patterns of light and shade was best known
for
a.) his work at Bauhaus b.) the photogram
c.) being a painter and sculptor
d.) All of the above
18.)
Who was the leading
proponent of Faktura: the idea that an artist should discover a medium’s
distinctive capabilities by experimenting with its inherent qualities.
a.) Aleksandr
Rodchenko b.) Martin Munkacsi c.) Gustav Klutsis d.) Erich Salomon
19.)
The Dada manifesto of
1918 written by Tristan Tzara would not include this artist:
a.) Ansel Adams b.) Christian Shad
c.) Hannah Hoch d.) Raol
Hausmann
20.)
Andre Breton’s
Surrealist Manifesto published on October 15, 1924 announced the primacy of the
irrational and the belief in a truth beyond Realism. Which of these is not considered a Surrealist artists?
a.) Man Ray
b.) Brassai c.) Claude
Cahun d.) Andre Kertesz d.) August
Sander
21.)
The members of Group
f.64 dismissed Pictorialism, despite the fact that several of its members had
practiced it, and urged the exploration of camera vision. Which of photographers were members;
a.) Imogen Cunningham
b.) Willard Van Dyke c.) Ansel
Adams d.) Edward Weston e.) all of
the above
22.)
Who produced the
photograph Migrant Mother that became the national icon of the Depression?
a.) Dorthea Lange b.) Walker Evans c.) Paul Strand, d.)Alfred Stieglitz
23.)
The
"Family of Man" exhibition was held at the Museum of Modern Art in
New York and expressed unity among the world's people that went beyond
political differences, and it phrased nuclear war as the greatest threat to
global understanding. Who curated this show?
A)
Robert Capa
B)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
C)
Edward Steichen
D)
John G. Morris
24.)
The
"Family of Man" exhibition set up an overall dynamic programming of
ideas and emotions to the exhibit spaces. Barbara Morgan, photographer,
thought the show so original that it needed a new term, "photographic
mosaic".
a.) True b) False
25.)
Cuban
photographer Albert Diaz also popularly known as _____________ , photographed
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967)
A)
Dia
B)
Korda
C)
Al "Che"
D)
All of the above
26.)
Nacho
Lopéz and Héctor Garcia were both photographers depicting everyday life in
Mexico, either city or country life.
a.) True b) False
27.)
Nacho
López, Héctor Garcia, and Graciela Iturbide all studied with photographer
Manuel Álvarez Bravo who would say that Surrealism was a minimal influence on
his work but more importantly it was his friend ship with _________________
that allowed him to view Edward Weston's photographs.
A)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
B)
Tina Modotti
C)
Diego Rivera
D)
José Clemente Orozco
28.) Peter
Magubane, in order to make photographs of the 1956 trial of some apartheid
protesters hid his camera in what so he could secretly photograph people as
they arrived.
A)
A Bag
B)
A loaf of Bread
C)
A hat
D)
A coat
29.) Shomei
Tomatsu's work was in the for front of the trend in postwar Japan toward
subjective documentary, in which the presence and worldview of the photographer
fuse with the subject matter.
a.) True b) False
30.) Abstraction
and Surrealism in photography has many roots. Aaron Siskind an active member of
the Photo League started photographing abstract qualities in nature and the
built environment in the 1940's. Lotte Jacobi created "photogenics"
in the 1950's. Jerry Uelsmann created illusionistic images in the 1960-70's.
B.) False
31.) Who
did Jerry Uelsmann study with that taught him the fine points of printing?
A)
Minor White
B)
Robert Frank
C)
Tom Englehardt
32.) The term snapshot aesthetic
refers to a trend within fine art photography in the USA from around 1963. The
style typically features apparently banal everyday subject matter and
off-centered framing.
Which
of the photographers fit this description?
A.)
Harry Callahan
B.)
Robert Frank
C.)
Arthur Fellig (Weegee)
D.)
Roy DeCarava
E.)
All of the above
33.) Among
the new social landscape image-makers were Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander
in the 1960's.
A.)
True
B.)
False
34.) Diane
Arbus was a student of Lisette Model and her photographs of marginal people
were symbols of her own psychological fragility and trauma.
A.)
True
B.)
False
35.) Which
photographer railed against color film saying "there are four simple words
which must be whispered: color photography is vulgar"?
A.)
Edward Weston
B.)
Walker Evans
C.)
Deborah Turbeville
D.)
Bert Stern
36.) German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher are
famous for photographing what subject repeatedly?
A.)
Factories
B.)
Gas Towers
C.)
Water Towers
D.) All of the above
37.) William
Wegman became famous for the numerous photographs he took of Man Ray.
A.)
Man Ray the man
B.)
Man Ray the dog
C.)
both A and B
38.) John
Szarkowski, the former director of the Photography Department at New York’s
Museum of Modern Art had the nickname “the czar” because of his ground-breaking
exhibitions.
A.)
True B.) False
39.)
Robert
Frank is known for his book of photographs called
A.)
The Americans
B.)
The Venetians
C.)
The Badlands
D.)
The Homeless
40.) Lucas
Samaras took Polaroid pictures and manipulated the emulsion with his fingers or
mechanical aids
A.)
True
B.)
False
