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
While many thought of photography as only a means to capture a fleeting image, the photographer ______ worked alongside the artist Delacroix to create an image that also captured a mood.
Durieu
T or F - Courbet painted several seascape scenes.
False
First photograph
Niepce
Sainte-Genevieve Library
Labrouste
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket
Whistler
The ______, who historically is known for its practicality, loved how the photography images were clear and understandable, and the method for capturing them was at an affordable cost.
middle class
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket is iconic and shows the beginnings of _____ art.
abstract
_____’s basic theme was peasant life, mostly portrayed by people working or involved in some common everyday activity.
Millet
The wild, unrealistic backstories behind the lives of the _____ painters often serve as a stark contrast to the realistic paintings they produced.
American
Photograph of Machu Picchu
Bingham
The Tetons and The Snake River
Adams
_____ is the term that describes the era where many building designers were creating structures that were reminiscent of the past, and they were reviving those styles in the present day design.
Revivalism
The photographer famous for taking photos of the Great Depression was _____.
Lange
T or F - Hopper was an American painter with a lonely theme in many of his paintings.
True
The interior of the Crystal Palace resembled the architecture that could be found inn Roman and Christian _____ because of its flat nave and barrel-vaulted transept.
basilicas
Mathew ______ was one of the most celebrated photographers of the 19th Century, made famous by his photojournalistic representation of the United States Civil War.
Brady
Royal Pavilion
Nash
_____ relied on precise details and imitations of perception without the alteration of them, but still contained a quality that was human, generated from the experience of the artists.
Realism
Civil War-era photograph
Brady
Portrait of Madame X
Sargent
John Nash designed the _____ in such a way that would show a variety of styles.
Royal Pavilion
While the Opéra has been the home to many breathtaking shows, it also has had its tragedies in which one was loosely depicted in the famous novel ______.
Phantom of the Opera
