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Lesson/Week 1 Flashcards

1
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Inventor of a light sensitive service

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Niépce

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2
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When Niépce invested light sensitive surface, the ______________ ____________ ___ ________________ was born

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basic principal of photography

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Niépce’s first photograph

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View from the Window of at Gras (1826)

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Niépce photographed using a _______ _______ to expose a copper plate coated in silver and pewter

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camera obscura

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5
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Phootographs would continue being light sensitive and eventually turn black until the invention of ________________, a chemical that reversed the light sensitivity of paper

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Hypo

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6
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A chemical that reversed the light sensitivity of paper

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Hypo

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7
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When was Hypo discovered?

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1839

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8
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Louis Daguerre invented the _______ in (year)

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daguerrotype
1839

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9
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The daguerrotype significantly reduces _______ ________ and created a ________ ______ but only produced a single image.

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exposure time
lasting result

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10
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Daguerre and ________ were contemporaries

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Talbot

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11
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William Henry Fox Talbot was from ________.

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England

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12
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Who created the calotype method?

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Talbot

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13
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What year was the Calotype method pattened?

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1841

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14
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Inventor of the Calotype

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Talbott

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15
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Inventor of a paper negative

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Talbott - the calotype method

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16
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Inventor of new technology that involved the transformation of the ______ to a _______ image, allowing for more than just one copy of image

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Talbott

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17
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Talbott’s famous photograph and the year

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The Open Door (1844)

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18
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Talbott’s photographs allowed for much more ________.

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detail

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19
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When was the Collodion method introduced?

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1851

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20
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The Collodion method required _____ __________.

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portable darkrooms

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21
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Process that involved fixing a substance known as “gun cotton” onto a glass plate, allowing for a shorter exposure time (3-5 minutes) as well as a clearer image

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The collodion method

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What was the Collodion method’s main downside?

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Photographers had t carry portable dark rooms with them

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23
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Inventor of the Collodion method

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Daumier

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24
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What method did Daumier invent?

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collodion method

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25
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Known also for capturing first aerial photograph from a hot air balloon

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Daumier

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26
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Daumier used a ______ negative

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glass

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27
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Nadar Elevating Photography to the Height of Art (1862).

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Daumier

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28
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What year was the dry glass plate invented, making the collodion method less labor intensive?

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1867

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29
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In 1878, new technology decreased the _______ time to 1/25th of a second, allowing ________ ________ to be photographed without a tripod

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exposure
moving objects

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30
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Eadward Muybridge’s famous work of art showing lowered exposure time and the ability to capture moving objects and the year

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Galloping Horse (1878)

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31
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Inventor of the dry gelatin roll film

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George Eastman

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32
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George Eastman invented what?

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dry gelatin roll film

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33
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What year did Eastman develop the dry gelatin roll of film?

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1888

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34
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Who produced the first small inexpensive cameras?

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George Eastman

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35
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The invention of photography was announced simultaneously in France 🇫🇷 & England in what year?

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1839

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36
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Inventor of the Heliograph

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Niépce

37
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Heliograph

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Niépce

38
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Niépce’s Heliograph was invented in in 1827 and is the earliest ___________ produced with the aid of the ______ _______ known to survive today

A

photograph
camera obscura

39
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Heliograph means what?

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sun writing

40
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the Heliograph was invented by whom?

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Niépce

41
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What year did Niépce produce his “points de vue?”

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1816

42
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Legible but fleeting images discovered by Niepce in 1816.

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points de vue

43
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Inventor of the diorama

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Daguerre

44
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In 1829, what two early famous photographers entered into a formal partnership?

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Niepce & Daguerre

45
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Daguerre was from where?

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France

46
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Daguerre continued to make improvements after Niepce died and introduced his ____________ in __(year)__.

A

daguerreotype
1839

47
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Improved upon Niepce’s Heliograph

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Daguerre

48
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A one of a kind image on a highly polished, silver plated sheet of copper.

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A Daguerreotype

49
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In 1829, Niepce and Daguerre formed a partnership to deal with the issue of how to make a ________ image using _______ and _________.

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permanent
light
Chemistry

50
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Year that Niepce passed away

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1833

51
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A noted astronomer and Daguerre’s main supporter

A

Arago

52
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Daguerre made his daguerreotype process public in what year?

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1839

53
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Few of Daguerre’s photographs, notes, and his famous Diorama exist because why?

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His lab burnt to the ground in 1839

54
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The Daguerreotype spread rapidly across the world after its presentation to the public in ______ in ___(year)____.

A

Paris
1839

55
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Photographic method that exhibits extraordinary detail and three-dimentionality.

A

The Daguerreotype

56
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Although born in Europe, the daguerreotype was extremely popular in the _______ _______, especially in _________ _________ ________, where in the late 1850s hundreds of daguerreotypists vied for clients.

A

United States
NYC

57
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Partnership lasting 19 years in USA that produced the finest daguerreotypes in America, portraits of famous people at the time

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Southworth and Hawes

58
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The artist most closely tied to the early years of American photographic process

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Mathew B Brady

59
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collodion-on-glass negatives were also known as

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wet plates

60
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By the onset of the Civil War, the _______ ________ had replaced the __________________ altogether

A

paper print
daguerreotype

61
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Who founded the paper negative in 1839?

A

Talbot

62
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Process employing a polished silver-plated peice of copper

A

the daguerreotype

63
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Before the late 1850s in America, photographs were _______.

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portraits

64
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By 1860, portraiture was joined by _____ and _____ _______

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landscapes
city views

65
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A double photograph presented in such a manner that an observer looking through a stereoscopy could see a single image in three dimensions.

A

Stereographs

66
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Stereographs were introduced in the US in the (year)’s but became truly popular in the late (year)’s

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1840
1850

67
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Stereograph is aka as

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stereo view

68
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The discovery by Talbot that wherever the light struck, the paper darkened, but whenever the plant blocked the light, it remained white is called

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“the art of photogenic drawing”

69
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the art of photogenic writing is attributed to

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Talbot

70
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Responsible for founding the Calotype process

A

Talbot

71
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the word “calotype” comes from the Greek word “kalos” meaning ________.

A

beautiful

72
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Talbot’s “exciting liquid” that brought out a latent image was essentially a solution of _______ _________.

A

gallic acid

73
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Talbot patented the calotype process in what year?

A

1841

74
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Who suggested using hypo to permanently fix a photograph?

A

Sir John Herschel

75
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A more permanent means of “fixing” an image with ________ of soda was proposed by _________ and used by _________.

A

hyposulfite (of soda)
Herschel
Talbot

76
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Who wrote “The Pencil of Nature” beginning in 1844?

A

Talbot

77
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Talbot’s early photogenic drawings are so ephemeral and can never be exhibited or exposed to ______ without risk of change.

A

light

78
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Calotypes were fixed with _______.

A

hypo

79
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Inventor of the calotype process

A

Talbot

80
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The 1840s were overwhelmingly dominated by what process?

A

the daguerreotype

81
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A magically precise, one of a kind image on highly polished silver-plated sheets of copper

A

Daguerreotypes

82
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Inventor of paper photography

A

Talbot

83
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The photographic process using paper photography is called what?

A

the calotype

84
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Calotype inventor

A

Talbot

85
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Talbot’s calotype process lacked the clarity of the ________.

A

daguerreotype

86
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What was the advantage of the calotype over the daguerreotype?

A

from a single negative of identical photographic prints could be produced

87
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The calotype’s lack of clarity was viewed as more _______ that the daguerreotype.

A

artistic

88
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In 1851, the first _____ _______ was formed.

A

photographic society

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