chapter 11 Flashcards
Photography is like an ___________ ______________, because brings together a number of
items into one composition instantly
instant collage
__________ ______________ a small hole on the side of a light-tight room admits a ray
of light that projects a scene, upside down, directly across from the hole onto a white wall
camera obscura
_______ __________________ was the first photographic process capable of
producing negative images on paper
William Talbot
_____________________: One of the earliest forms of photography, using a copper plate
polished with silver (often involved using mercury). This process captures minute details as a positive image. Disadvantages are that it is a slow process and cannot be reproduced.
Daguerreotype
_______________ is the basis of modern photography. Using paper instead of a metal plate,
this process made multiple prints a possibility.
calotype
_____-__________ ______________ photographic process that requires the artist to work
quickly, but the exposure time is shorter than other processes, and it produces multiple copies.
wet-plate collodion
Photographs _____________and ______________ important events – they serve a
documentary function
record; preserve
Ansel Adams invented a __________ ______________ that involved adjusting the aperture of his camera. He also used dodging and burning to create the lighting effects he envisioned in his work
zone system
___—the sequencing of widely disparate images to create a fast-paced,
multifaceted image
montage
_________________ which means “bringing to life.”
animation
am June Paik was one of the first artists to explore the use of ___________ installations as a
medium
video
Bill Viola recreated Jacopo da Pontormo’s 1528 painting The Visitation in the form of a
______________for the 1995 Venice Bienale.
video/sound installation
