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What material did Nicéphore Niépce initially use for his experiments?

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light sensitive paper

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Which chemical solution did Niépce use for his initial experimentation?

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silver chloride

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A term that refers to the reversal of tones in an image

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negative
dark becomes light and light becomes dark

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What motivated Niépce to attempt to copy engravings using sunlight?

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growing demand for affordable pictures

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In an attempt to copy engravings using sunlight, Niépce coated the pewter plate with

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bitumen of Judea

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What happened to the areas beneath the dark parts of the engraving after exposure to light?

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they remained soft on the pewter plate

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How did Niépce remove the loosened areas of the pewter plate?

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rinsing it in lavender oil

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How did Niépce enhance the contrasts in the plate-printed image?

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exposing the plate to iodine fumes

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How long did Niépce’s plate remain exposed in the portable camera obscura?

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8 hours

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What is the significance of the View from the Window at Le Gras photograph?

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it’s the oldest surviving permanent photograph

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What is the name given to a photograph produced without a separate negative?

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direct positive

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What does the photograph taken by Niépce depict? (the oldest photo)

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upper story of his residence, which functioned as a pigeon house

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What appears to be shining on the roof and ends of the buildings in Niépce’s surviving permanent photograph?

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sunlight

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What inventors collaborated with Louis Daguerre to create the daguerreotype?

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Nicèphore Nièpce

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What types of images does not become visible to the naked eye until further treatment?

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latent image - an image that is invisible to the naked eye until further treatment with mercury fumes

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To make a daguerreotype, a copper sheet is plated with

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silver

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Louis Daguerre imagined the daguerreotype would become a tool for

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the wealthy

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What inventor brought the daguerreotype to the United States?

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Samuel Morse

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How did daguerreotypes compare to later photographic processes

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Their tones and shades were more accurate
- they are not light-sensitive and do not fade

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A detail does NOT appear in the daguerreotype of Frederick Douglass?

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the “thinker” pose
- he does wear a stiff collar, cravat, black coat, his eyebrows are bunched in concentration

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Frederick Douglass praised the daguerreotype for its

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objectivity
- show truth even if the photographer is biased

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Frederick Douglass felt that white artists of the nineteenth century tended to

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exaggerate qualities they associated with African Americans

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Who sat for the most photographs during the 19th century?

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Frederick Douglass

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Portraits of Frederick Douglass are BEST described as

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plain and serious
- he refused to smile
- did not want to play into the “happy slave” stereotype

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What photographer photographed enslaved African Americans for Louis Agassiz?
J.T. Zealy
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Louis Agassiz was a
Harvard University Zoology professor
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The theory of polygenesis helped justify
slavery - along with racism and white supremacy
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Polygenesis claimed
African Americans were the offspring of an inferior creation, not Adam and Eve
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The wet-plate photograph differed from the daguerreotype because it could
make multiple copies of an image
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What organizations funded Abbott's project documenting New York City?
Federal Art Project - done under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935
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In what book was Abbott's New York City photographs published?
Changing New York - published in 1939
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What artistic technique did Abbott use in her photograph of Penn Station's interior?
worm's eye view perspective - tilting the angle of the camera upward to glorify the soaring glass-and-iron ceiling - used a long exposure time
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With which architectural style is Pennsylvania Station associated
Beaux-Arts - recalls classical traditions, known for magnificence and architectural significance
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Penn Station is known for what quality
magnificence
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How big was Penn Station
Occupied 8 acres or equivalent to two city blocks
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Who designed Penn Station?
McKim, Mead, and White
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Penn Station was demolished because
Commuter demand fell
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What directly resulted from the controversy surrounding Penn Station's demolition
architectural preservation movement
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What organization was created in response to Penn Station's demolition?
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
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What is the main focus of Berenice Abbott's photographs?
industrial progress and modern design - looking at the transformation of New York city's landscape in the early 20th century
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What is the significance of Abbott's photographs of Penn Station?
They serve as a visual archive of the demolished structure
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How did Abbott’s work fulfill her ambition?
showing us the history of an area through her visual archive
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What MOST inspired Berenice Abbott's work as a photographer in New York City?
the city's rapid transformation
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During which time period did Abbott independently work on documenting New York City without public funding?
The Great Depression
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What was the earliest iteration of the camera obscura?
chemical mixture that produced permanent images
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What materials did Florence use to create an early photograph?
light-sensitive paper and chemicals
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Who developed a technique for using sunlight and light-sensitive paper to make copies of written documents?
Antoine Hércules Romuald Florence
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Who further developed Nicéphore Niépce's work to create the commercially successful photograph?
Louis Daguerre
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Which government published the instructions for recreating the “daguerrotype”?
French
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What did the daguerreotype offer to Victorian-era society?
objectivity in capturing a sitter's character
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The Zealy-Agassiz zoological study produced images of
diverse people
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What replaced the daguerreotype in the 1860s?
wet-plate process
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What art movement celebrated the new American landscape in symmetrical, aestheticized paintings and photographs?
Precisionism
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What was used to mute and soften the light in the photograph of Penn Station?
long exposure time

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