Week 3 Flashcards
The photograph “Fading Away,” taken in 1858 by _________________.
Henry Peach Robinson
“Fading Away’ was created by Robinson combining _____ __________ _________ to produce this intimate narrative of a family tragedy
5 separate negatives
Henry Peach Robinson’s “Fading Away” was an ________ silver print from _______ ___________.
Albumen
glass negatives
People panned “Fading Away” due to 1. the image’s perceived ___________________ and 2. it’s __________ subject matter
artificiality
morbid
___________ ___________ appreciated Robinson’s seemless blemnding of reality and artifice. This person was married to Queen Victoria, and he purchased a print of “Fading Away” and issued standing order for every major composite photograph that __________ would make.
Prince Albert
Robinson
A trip that provided an opportunity to discover cultural wonders of Europe and beyond, rite of passage for young aristocratic Englishman
Grand Tour
When was the Grand Tour popular?
18th Century
A mystical itinerary through Egypt and the Holy Land to sources of civilization
voyage au Levant
The voyage au Levant became popular amongst the ________ generation.
Romantic
A lavishly illustrated multivolume publication between 1809-1829 that carefully documented sites around the Nile
Description de l’Egypte
Who was responsible for creating Description de l’Egypte?
Napolean and his savants
Deciphered the hieroglyphs in 1822
Francois Champollion
Established first museum of Egyptian antiquities in Cairo in 1856
Auguste Mariette
Maxime Du Camp and Gustave Flaubert embarked on a visit to the _____ _______ in (year).
Middle East
1849
Earliest photographers chose the ______ _______ over the _____ __________ for its ease of handling during perilous voyages
paper negative
glass plate
For many early photographers traveling to Egypt, the work the produced would be _______________
the only known photographs of their careers
The expansion of travel occured in what year?
1860
With the ease of travel, William Hammerchmidt and Fèlix Bonfils chose to ______ ______ in the ______ _______
open studio
middle east
Earliest photographs of Egypt were either taken in the form of a _____________ or prints made from _______ and ________ negatives
daguerreotype
paper
glass
1861, this person presented the very first colour photo at The Royal Instituion
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
presented first color photo in 1861
First color image was taken by ______ _______ of a tartan ribbon
Thomas Sutton