Art 305 - Art and Mass Culture » Summer 2020 » Photography Quiz No. 5

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Question #1
William Henry Fox Talbot:
A.   none of these options
B.   all of these options
C.   invented the daguerreotype process
D.   created an early photograph looking out his Paris studio window
E.   invented the positive/negative photograph process known as the calotype
Question #2
Life magazine photographs by:
A.   Ansel Adams
B.   Paul Strand
C.   all of these options
D.   Margaret Bourke-White
E.   Edward Weston, Jr.
Question #3
In response to the “threat” of photography, Academic Artists stayed one step ahead of photography:
A.   by creating paintings that could compete with the small images of photography
B.   none of these options
C.   all of these options
D.   by creating paintings with dynamic compositions as opposed to photographs which required long exposure times
E.   by creating paintings that used color as opposed to photographs which were in black and white
Question #4
The notion of photographic truth hinges on the belief that the camera is:
A.   a totally objective device
B.   all of these options
C.   none of these options
D.   a totally subjective device
E.   a device whose images are influenced by the culture of the user
Question #5
What significant controversy about “The Battle of Solferino” was decided in the courtroom?
A.   the battle over the rights to the photograph of Napoleon III on horseback
B.   none of these options
C.   the battle over the reality of a painting using a photograph as source material
D.   the battle over the use of photographically real details in art
E.   all of these options
Question #6
Louis Daguerre was:
A.   the creator of a one of a kind photographic process that involved the use of highly toxic chemicals including hot mercury
B.   none of these options
C.   took out the first patent on a photographic process in 1839
D.   all of these options
E.   the successful designer of special effects theater presentations known as dioramas
Question #7
French painter J.A.D. Ingres:
A.   all of these options
B.   may have used the camera lucida to help make his images more real
C.   was the star pupil of Jacques Louis David
D.   created paintings that glorified the center of power of the bourgeoisie in the post-French revolution
E.   none of these options
Question #8
German philosopher and cultural critic, Walter Benjamin, theorized that art in the age of mechanical reproduction:
A.   lost the “aura” of the authenticity of an original art work that is traditionally viewed in person
B.   none of these options 
C.   signaled a change in the creation of images that were now primarily for aesthetic purposes
D.   gained the “aura” of authenticity of an original art work because it reproduced the work for many viewers
E.   enhanced the experience for viewers who could not view the original work in person
Question #9
What is the impact of photography on modern life?
A.   none of these options
B.   all of these options
C.   it made the unseen visible
D.   it gave everyone the potential to record their personal image
E.   it created the modern notion of celebrity
Question #10
The Farm Security Administration (FSA) hired the following photographer to document the unemployed and other “forgotten” people of the distressed times of the Great Depression:
A.   Diane Arbus
B.   Dorothea Lange
C.   Carrie Mae Weems
D.   Matthew Brady
E.   Louis Daguerre

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