Chapter 9-12

Question 1

Daguerreotype

Answer 1

The first practical photographic process. Invented by Jacques-Louis-Mandé Daguerre and made public in 1839, it produced a single permanent image directly on a prepared copper plate.

Question 2

photogravure

Answer 2

In intaglio printmaking, a method for printing a continuous-tone photographic image.

Question 3

Dada

Answer 3

An international art movement that emerged during World War I (1914–18) and created “anti-art” that emphasized absurdity, irrationality, chance, whimsy, irony, and childishness.

Question 4

symbol

Answer 4

An image or sign that represents something else because of convention, association, or resemblance.

Question 5

typography

Answer 5

In graphic design, the arrangement and appearance of printed letter forms (type)

Question 6

typeface

Answer 6

In graphic design, a style of type

Question 7

layout

Answer 7

In graphic art, the disposition of text and images on a page, or the overall design of typographic elements on page, spread, or book.

Question 8

Constructivism

Answer 8

A Russian art movement of the early 20th century. Based in the principles of geometric abstraction, Constructivism was founded around 1913 by Vladimir Tatlin and condemned in 1922 by the Soviet government.