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

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Question #1
William Henry Fox Talbot:
A.   invented the positive/negative photograph process known as the calotype
B.   created an early photograph looking out his Paris studio window
C.   invented the daguerreotype process
D.   none of these options
E.   all of these options
Question #2
Life magazine photographs by:
A.   Ansel Adams
B.   all of these options
C.   Edward Weston, Jr.
D.   Margaret Bourke-White
E.   Paul Strand
Question #3
In response to the “threat” of photography, Academic Artists stayed one step ahead of photography:
A.   by creating paintings with dynamic compositions as opposed to photographs which required long exposure times
B.   none of these options
C.   all of these options
D.   by creating paintings that could compete with the small images of photography
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 subjective device
B.   all of these options
C.   a device whose images are influenced by the culture of the user
D.   none of these options
E.   a totally objective device
Question #5
What significant controversy about “The Battle of Solferino” was decided in the courtroom?
A.   none of these options
B.   the battle over the rights to the photograph of Napoleon III on horseback
C.   the battle over the reality of a painting using a photograph as source material
D.   all of these options
E.   the battle over the use of photographically real details in art
Question #6
Louis Daguerre was:
A.   all of these options
B.   took out the first patent on a photographic process in 1839
C.   none of these options
D.   the creator of a one of a kind photographic process that involved the use of highly toxic chemicals including hot mercury
E.   the successful designer of special effects theater presentations known as dioramas
Question #7
French painter J.A.D. Ingres:
A.   was the star pupil of Jacques Louis David
B.   created paintings that glorified the center of power of the bourgeoisie in the post-French revolution
C.   all of these options
D.   may have used the camera lucida to help make his images more real
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.   signaled a change in the creation of images that were now primarily for aesthetic purposes
C.   gained the “aura” of authenticity of an original art work because it reproduced the work for many viewers
D.   none of these options 
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.   it created the modern notion of celebrity
B.   it gave everyone the potential to record their personal image
C.   it made the unseen visible
D.   all of these options
E.   none of these options
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.   Carrie Mae Weems
B.   Matthew Brady
C.   Dorothea Lange
D.   Louis Daguerre
E.   Diane Arbus

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