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Fine arts 2014-15

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Who is considered the father of modern art photography
Eugene Atget
What photograph is the first documentary photo to reach the level of conscious art in America
"The Steerage" Alfred Steiglitz
Who developed a method of photography called rayographs
Man Ray
Cartier Bresson contributed greatly to photojournalism with his ability to capture what he called the...
Decisive moment
Who said" Photography is my passion, the search for truth my obsession. "
Alfred Steiglitz
What photographer chronicled Paris street life is straightforward, uncluttered, clean photographic style
Eugene Atget
What French photographer began as a Cubist painter before turning to photography
Henri Cartier Bresson
What movements influenced avant garde photographers to express their personal views of the world
Modernism
Who revolutionized photography by stressing the use of retouched photography to exploit the direct honesty of the art medium
Alfred Steiglitz
Edward Weston is best known for the sharp detail in photographs of objects such as:
Nudes, sand dunes, and vegetables
What photographer captured the stark suffering of the Great Depression un her photographs of the poor?
Dorothea Lange
Who photographed the leading artistic figures of Paris beginning in 1853
Nadar
Who invented aerial photography
Nadar
What photographer was among the first to use electric light for portrait photographs
Nadar
What is a caricaturist
A person who draws people or animals with exaggerated features to make the image look comical
What is an immobilizer
A special hair with clamps used by photographers to keep their subjects still
Who was the first photographer to employ soft focus effects in order to convey atmosphere in a photo
Julia Margaret Cameron
What type of artwork became obsolete with the invention of the daguerreotype
Painting of miniature portraits
Who said, " when I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavoured to do its duty toward them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the outer man. The photograph best taken is almost the embodiment of a prayer."
Julia Margaret Cameron
With the invention of pgotography, who declared," From this day painting is dead!"
Delaroche
What art genre in painting compositions became popular as a direct result of the invention of photography
Abstraction
What artist used photographs as studies for hard to hold poses that he later incorporated into paintings
Delacroix
What other artists used photographs to record images for paintings, including panoramic landscapes and action shots
Bierstadt, Courbet, Manet, and Degas
Who described photography as,"More than an arch, it is a solar phenomenon, where the artist collaborates with the sun
Lamartine
Jacob Riis' graphic images of the squalid tenements in New York led to the first legislation to:
Reform housing codes and labor laws
Who was one of the pioneers in using rapid multiple exposure photography to develop a photo sequence
Thomas Eakins
Who used photo sequences to study the anatomy of movement
Thomas Eakins
What is the meaning of trompe l'oeil
Fooled the eye
What American artist is known for his microscopically accurate still life paintings
William Michael Harnett
In 1826, who produced the first surviving photographic image
Nicephore Niepce
What was used to produce the first surviving photographic image
A polished pewter plate
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