CHAPTER 12 QUIZ ART 111

Question 1

Eadward Muybridge's photographs, like "Annie G., Cantering,Saddled" are early examples of artists:

Select one:

a. using black-and-white photography

b. perfecting the medium of photography

c. capturing an object in motion Correct

d. using projected motion pictures

Question 2

Which of these artistic movements does Jerry N. Uelsmann's "Untitled" have the most in common with?

Select one:

a. impressionism

b. Dadaism

c. surrealism Correct

d. abstract expressionism

Question 3

The device invented in the sixteenth century as a means of capturing and fixing images from the natural world is called:

Select one:

a. camera obscura Correct

b. praxiscope

c. film noir

d. camera verite

Question 4

Despite the success of the daguerreotype, the process had its drawbacks (p.256), primarily:

Select one:

a. it reproduced poorly in books

b. colors were not true to life

c. the image couldn't be reproduced Correct

d. the cost of the apparatus

Question 5

The wet-plate collodion (p.259) photographic process was introduced by a British sculptor named:

Select one:

a. Herschel Walker

b. Frederick Archer Correct

c. Margaret Cameron

d. William Henry Fox Talbot

Question 6

Nam June Paik's "TV Bra for Living Sculpture" (p. 277) attempted to:

Select one:

a. humanize technology Correct

b. embarrass his audience

c. make a careful political statement

d. simulate trashy films of Hollywood

Question 7

D.W. Griffith was the first great master of _________, (p.271) the process of arranging the sequences of a film.

Select one:

a. editing Correct

b. montage

c. traveling shots

d. flashback

Question 8

_______________ is defined as the size of the opening in the lens when exposing a photograph to light.

Select one:

a. Zone system

b. Aperture Correct

c. Burning

d. ISO

Question 9

Dodging and burning are darkroom processes by which the photographer can manipulate the ________________ in a photo.

Select one:

a. texture

b. composition

c. value Correct

d. color

Question 10

When and where were the earliest photographs developed?

Select one:

a. in 20th century U.S.

b. in 15th century Italy

c. in China, 2000 years ago

d. in 1839 in France and England Correct