Chapter 12– Photography and Time-Based Media
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Perfecting the photographic process, Louis Daguerre, in Le Boulevard du Temple, was
able to include __________ in his photographs.
a) buildings
b) street scenes
c) people
d) motion
2. The artist of Porch, Provincetown, known primarily for color photographs of the
natural environment, is:
a) Eliot Porter.
b) Sonia Landy Sheridan.
c) Edward Steichen.
d) Joel Meyerowitz.
3. Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty is/was in:
a) Great Salt Lake, Utah.
b) Lake Superior, Michigan.
c) Lake Geneva, Switzerland.
d) Wonderlake, Illinois.
4. Still images from the film Battleship Potemkin demonstrate the montage technique of
one of the great innovators of film editing. The Russian filmmaker is:
a) Vladimir Tatlin.
b) Lucas Samaras.
c) Sergei Eisenstein.
d) D. W. Griffith.
5. The artist of TV Bra for Living Sculpture is best known for expanding the traditional
limitations of artistic media by incorporating video and electronic media into his/her
artwork. The artist is:
a) Nam June Paik.
b) Jerry Uelsmann.
c) Sonia Landy Sheridan.
d) Eliot Porter.
6. Eadward Muybridge’s photographs, like Annie G., Cantering, Saddled are early
examples of artists:
a) perfecting the medium of photography.
b) capturing an object in motion.
c) using black-and-white photography.
d) using projected motion pictures.
7. Sebastiao Salgado’s Four Figures in the Desert, Korem, Ethiopia is a good example of
__________ photography.
a) artistic
b) documentary
c) abstract
d) a & b
8. Which of these artistic movements does Jerry N. Uelsmann’s Untitled have the most in
common with?
a) Dadaism
b) surrealism
c) abstract expressionism
d) impressionism
9. The techniques employed by Jerry N. Uelsmann’s in photographs like Untitled can
best be described as:
a) impasto painting.
b) digital manipulation.
d) collage.
10. The drawings by William Cameron Menzies (p. 275)are examples of a vital part of
the film-making process called ___________.
a) action photos
b) dailys
c) storyboards
d) frames
11. Which of these best describes Annie Leibovitz’s photograph of Karen Finley?
a) it is modeled on a famous late-19th century photograph by Edgar Degas
b) it utilizes the complementary colors of red and green to enhance the composition
and “feel” of the photo
c) it presents an aggressively feminist public figure in a private, intimate moment
d) all of the above
12. The subject matter of An-My Lê’s Small Wars (ambush I) involves a group of men
who meet regularly meet to re-enact the Vietnam War. What is the content?
a) it is a glorification of the conflict
b) the artist, born in Vietnam, is calling into question the legacy of the conflict,
particularly in popular literature and film
c) the artist, born in the United States, is memorializing the American soldiers who
died in the conflict
d) a & b
13. The device invented in the sixteenth century as a means of capturing and fixing
images from the natural world is called:
a) film noir.
b) camera vérité.
c) praxiscope.
d) camera obscura.
14. Despite the success of the daguerreotype, the process had its drawbacks (p. 256),
primarily:
a) the image could not be reproduced.
b) colors were not true to life.
c) it reproduced poorly in books.
d) the cost of the apparatus.
15. The wet-plate collodion (p. 259) photographic process was introduced by a British
sculptor named:
a) Herschel Walker.
b) William Henry Fox Talbot.
c) Margaret Cameron.
d) Frederick Archer.
16. Nam June Paik’s TV Bra for Living Sculpture (p. 277) attempted to:
a) simulate trashy films of Hollywood.
b) make a careful political statement.
c) embarrass his audience.
d) humanize technology.
17. Sound was introduced into film (p. 273) in the year:
a) 1959.
b) 1927.
c) 1900.
d) 1939.
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18. D. W. Griffith was the first great master of _______, (p. 271) the process of arranging
the sequences of a film.
a) traveling shots
b) flashback
c) montage
d) editing
19. In filmmaking, each unbroken, continuous sequence of movie frames (p. 271) with
the camera still rolling is called a:
a) take.
b) shot.
c) roll.
d) pan.
20. The first American film to fully utilize “every known trick of the filmmaker’s trade”
(p. 274) resulting in a masterful work was:
a) The Wizard of Oz.
b) Fantasia.
c) Citizen Kane.
d) The Jazz Singer.
21. What was the first projected motion picture?
a) Cinematographe Lumiere
b) Daguerreotype
c) Citizen Kane
d) The Birth of a Nation
22. Who developed the “zone system” in photography?
a) Louis Daguerre
b) William Henry Fox Talbot
c) Ansel Adams and Fred Archer
d) Henri Cartier-Bresson
23. ________ is defined as the size of the opening in the lens when exposing a
photograph to light.
a) ISO
b) Aperture
c) Zone system
d) Burning
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Answer: (b)
24. Dodging and burning are darkroom processes by which the photographer can
manipulate the ___________in a photo.
a) texture
b) color
c) value
d) composition
25. Ansel Adams, in Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, uses _______, a darkroom
process which can alter the value in a photograph.
a) dodging and burning
b) zone system
c) digital manipulation
d) a & b
26. The idea of film as art flourished after World War 2 with the likes of auteurs such as
___________.
a) Charlie Chaplin and the Three Stooges
b) Federico Fellini and Ingmar Bergman
c) Steven Spielberg and George Lucas
d) Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson
27. What is unique about the 1960-70s performances of Trisha Brown’s dance company?
a) they danced in the nude
b) they danced underwater
c) they danced on walls while suspended from the ceiling
d) they incorporated the latest cutting-edge technology
28. Robert Rauschenberg’s performance art can be said to be disjunctive and almost
random. Which of these best describes the real value in his performances?
a) they give the “players” an opportunity to get a lot of exercise
b) they are based in traditional art practices
c) they challenge our senses and our expectations about the nature of art itself
d) they involve casts of thousands
29. When and where were the earliest photographs developed?
a) in 20th century U.S.
b) in 15th century Italy
c) in China, 2000 years ago
d) in 1839 in France and England
30. How does “camera obscura” translate, and how does it differ from contemporary
photography?
a) bright space; it is not as realistic
b) obscured view; it reflected but did not “capture” the image
c) dark room; it is not as realistic
d) dark room; it reflected but did not “capture” the image
31. Nam June Paik was an innovator in which of these media?
a) oil painting
b) stainless steel sculpture
c) video sculpture
d) ready-mades
32. What 19th century photographer is responsible for developing the “calotype” process,
which is the basis for modern photography?
a) Louis Daguerre
b) Richard Beard
c) Alfred Stieglitz
d) William Henry Fox Talbot
33. What was the process that formed the basis of modern photography called?
34. Walt Disney is best known for creating which type of films?
35. Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein contributed a powerful visual editing technique
to filmmaking that used widely disparate images to create a fast-paced multifaceted
image. What is this technique called?
36. What are some of the functions of photography?
37. A publication that served as a major outlet for American photographers from 1936
38. In film, a(n) _______ shot occurs when the camera sweeps across the terrain and
covers a wide area of view.
Essay Questions
39. Was photography accepted as a legitimate art form in the nineteenth century? Why or
why not?
40. Discuss the early history of photography, noting those who first used the medium and
41. What is computer-generated imagery and why is it important for the future of the
camera arts?
42. Choose an example from the chapter and discuss the tension between form and
content in a photographic work.