Photographia: open notes review quiz

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Fine arts / photography

1. According to RWNAF.org's Ansel Adams bio, the famous photographer
would probably agree with the title "landscape photographer." T / F
2. Adams was a tireless worker for the cause of a) Democratic issues
b) health foods c) impoverished people d) conservation.
3. The view camera used by photographers like Adams was unusual from
today's cameras in a) size of the film area b) possible length of
exposure c) resemblance to the camera obscura d) the image
produced.
4. One of these is not a mountain range: a) Tetons b) Sierra Nevada
c) Yosemite d) Rockies.
5. Chiaroscuro: a) painter's rich coloration b) deep light and dark
areas in an image c) dramatic portraiture d) side lighted image.
6. Developed an early form of photo on paper that he termed the
Callotype. a) Louis Daguerre b) William Henry Fox Talbot c)
Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
7. Earliest of French pioneers in photography. a) Louis Daguerre b)
William Henry Fox Talbot c) Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
8. British pioneer in photography. a) Louis Daguerre b) William Henry
Fox Talbot c) Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
9. US Civil war photographer Matthew Brady used the type of
metal-plate photo developed by this French inventor. a) Louis Daguerre
b) William Henry Fox Talbot c) Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
10. Camera obscura: the word "obscura" refers to a) darkened b) pin
hole aperture c) using natural light d) historic item.
11. Vibrant visionaries created a new mausoleum for the ossified of
the city. T / F
12. The Norton family's wealth was built upon success in a) banking
b) natural gas c) petroleum d) railroads.
13. Norton is perhaps best known for its Remingtons and Russells. They
are about a) wild west b) landscapes c) birds of America d) photo
realism.
14. To measure or judge a work: a) delineate b) describe c)
evaluate d) capture in detail.
15. Rembrandt lighting begins with side lighting but locates the light
source ahead of and slightly __ the subject. a) above b) below c)
behind d) aside.
16. Xanadu: a) hideaway b) cozy cave c) city in the sky d) palace.
17. Art-like pieces of work that present a pop image: a) art nouveau
b) bauhaus c) schlock d) kitsch.

1. No.
2. conservation
3. size of the film area
4. Yosemite
5. deep light and dark
6. Fox Talbot
7. Niepce
8. Fox Talbot
9. Daguerre
10. darkened
11. T
12. petroleum
13. wild west
14. evaluate
15. above
16. palace
17. kitsch