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

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