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A review of Art History and Photography
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1
Portraits were
the most common use for photography in the nineteenth century?
False
True
2
Photography was also used to document important events such as the American Civil War
False
True
3
Which picture is usually credited as the first photograph?
Daguerre's 'Boulevard du Temple
Talbot's 'Pencil of Nature
The Twin Towers
Niépce's 'View from the Window at Le Gras'answer
4
Which of the following has NOT been a use of the camera obscura?
An image that is too light
An image that is too dark
The light and dark reversed
A fixed image
5
For the most part, photography was used as a method of documentation in the 19th century.
True
False
6
Who created the first mass-market camera?
Polaroid
Fujifilm
The Eastman Kodak Company
Sony
7
Which of the following terms means 'dark chamber' in Latin and identifies the name of the first camera?
Camera lucida
Daguerrotype
Contact print
Camera obscura
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What term was used to define light writing before the coining of the term photography?
Photochemical printing
Lithography
Heliography
Red herring
9
What is the difference between a portrait photograph and a self-portrait photograph?
A portrait photograph is fancy, but a self-portrait is less fancy.
A portrait is taken by someone else, a self-portrait photograph is by you.
A portrait is for family and friends but a self-portrait is only for you.
A portrait is used for many purposes
10
Photography eventually di dnot become an art form
True
False
11
The camera obscura inspired modern photography
True
False
12
Which artist is usually identified as one of the inventors of photography?
Thomas Eakins
Nicéphore Niépce
Marge Simpson
Ansel Adams
13
Which of these would NOT be something an art historian would traditionally study?
Michelangelo's sculpture David
Jackson Pollock's painting No. 5
The Colosseum of Rome
Beethoven's orchestral composition Ninth Symphony
14
Materials, texture, and color would be formal elements of art.
True
False
15
Who is called the fath "Father of Photography?
Daguerre
Niepce
Obsura
Michealangelo
16
Why do art historians study individual works of art?
To assign economic value to them
They don't; art historians never study single works of ar
Because art can only be understood in terms of individual artworks
To identify categories of artistic styles or movements
17
Photography was an invention, not a discovery.
True
False
18
It was difficult to take pictures of people in the early days due to people having to sit for a long time.
True
False
19
contact print
is made by covering a sheet of paper in photosensitive chemicals
True
False
20
__________ photography,
the taking of a picture without the subject's knowledge.
snap chat
candid
polaroid
digital
