unit 7 Flashcards
Photograph of the North Pole
Peary
Muybridge’s images were copied in silhouette form and put on a disc, which was then viewed through a _____ where the disc would turn at such a speed that it gave the still images a sense of movement.
Zoopraxiscope
Photo of movement (horses)
Muybridge
The _____ was voted London’s most famous landmark, and the clock itself is known for its accuracy and reliability.
Clock Tower
Ansel _____ was an environmentalist as well as an American photographer.
Adams
T or F - Adams experimented and was known for his wet-plate technique to photography.
False
T or F - Lange was the founder of Kodak photography.
False
American Gothic
Wood
T or F - Manet painted the iconic American Gothic.
False
T or F - Millet painted scenes of peasants with a sense of dignity.
True
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Homer
Houses of Parliament
Barry and Pugin
Many artists saw _____ as a quick and easy way to capture the realism of an object that they would have spent hours, days, even months, and years to capture accurately.
photography
In the ______, the reading room has two large barrel-vaulted halls that are separated by a row of cast iron columns that sit on concrete stands, or pedestals.
Sainte-Geneviève Library
After years of experimenting with chemicals, ____ came up with the process of heliography.
Niepce
Nighthawks
Hopper
Crystal Palace
Paxton
_____’s trademark portraits usually displayed the body of the model all the way down to the knees.
Sargent
T or F - Muybridge invented the calotype, a device which depended on using negatives.
False
Woman Baking Bread
Millet
Migrant Mother
Lange
____’s pieces were larger than life, with canvases that often scaled larger than 10 × 20 ft.
Courbet
The artist who almost always incorporated an architectural facade or urban structure as the backdrop for his compositions was _____.
Hopper
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel