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Art 1301 Chapter 9- 11 Exam Questions And
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What was one reason that Ansel Adams photographed Yosemite? - Answer✔To raise
environmental awareness
What does adjusting the focal length accomplish? - Answer✔It determines a wide view or a
narrow view.
What was one reason professional photographers disdained color photography for so long? -
Answer✔Color photography was associated with family snapshots.
How did Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre's process differ from that of the early camera obscura?
- Answer✔It was made using a metal plate on which the image was fixed.
What distinguishes digital photography from traditional photography? - Answer✔It does not use
film.
Why has photography been useful in influencing social change? - Answer✔It suggests a living
witness to social injustice or concerns.
What common practice does the contemporary photographer Chris Steele-Perkins share with
Margaret Bourke-White? - Answer✔documentary photo essays
Which factor contributed most to the acceptance of color photography among art photographers?
- Answer✔the exhibition of color photographs at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976
This image demonstrates Alfred Stieglitz's mastery of - Answer✔tonal control.
How does the contemporary photographer Binh Danh memorialize victims of warfare in
Southeast Asia? - Answer✔He uses photographs from the Cambodia Museum of Genocide.
What was one technical consequence of early nineteenth-century cameras? -
Answer✔Photographers could only record stationary objects.
How does color function in William Eggleston's Untitled (Nehi Bottle on Car Hood)? -
Answer✔It adds to the play of formal elements.
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What technical element accounts for the visible details seen throughout Jane and Louise Wilson's
photograph? - Answer✔the photograph's exposure time
Which contemporary photographer uses a process called chlorophyll printing? - Answer✔Binh
Danh
What do these two contemporary photographs have in common? - Answer✔experimentation
with photographic processes
What was the social impact of Jacob Riis's book How the Other Half Lives? - Answer✔Laws
were passed to improve conditions for the poor.
Which Renaissance artist described the uses of the camera obscura? - Answer✔Leonardo da
Vinci
What provided the artistic model for photographic portraits? - Answer✔established traditions in
painting
What was the significance of Eastman Kodak's 1937 invention of Kodachrome film? -
Answer✔It improved the accuracy of color photography.
What distinguishes Jeff Wall's Boy Falls from Tree as an example of photography used as an art
form? - Answer✔the large format
How does James Welling increase viewer knowledge about his works like 9812 when they are
exhibited? - Answer✔He makes booklets available so they can understand the process.
What was the drawback to the camera obscura? - Answer✔It could not preserve or copy an
image.
Jeff Wall describes himself as a "near-documentary" photographer because - Answer✔his
realistic images are staged.
One of the first great portrait photographers was - Answer✔Julia Margaret Cameron.
Which contemporary photographer's work comes closest to the function of documentary
photography? - Answer✔Trevor Paglen
How do contemporary photographers manipulate digital images? - Answer✔by using photo-
editing programs
What element of Margaret Bourke-White's Louisville Flood Victims might fit Henri Cartier-
Bresson's notion of the decisive moment? - Answer✔the figures waiting in front of the billboard
What strategy helped Alfred Stieglitz promote photography as a legitimate art form in the early
twentieth century? - Answer✔He included essays on modern art in Camera Work.
What was unusual about "rayographs"? - Answer✔No camera or lens was used.
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Art 1301 Chapter 9- 11 Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Guaranteed Pass.
What was one reason that Ansel Adams photographed Yosemite? - Answer✔To raise
environmental awareness
What does adjusting the focal length accomplish? - Answer✔It determines a wide view or a
narrow view.
What was one reason professional photographers disdained color photography for so long? -
Answer✔Color photography was associated with family snapshots.
How did Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre's process differ from that of the early camera obscura?
- Answer✔It was made using a metal plate on which the image was fixed.
What distinguishes digital photography from traditional photography? - Answer✔It does not use
film.
Why has photography been useful in influencing social change? - Answer✔It suggests a living
witness to social injustice or concerns.
What common practice does the contemporary photographer Chris Steele-Perkins share with
Margaret Bourke-White? - Answer✔documentary photo essays
Which factor contributed most to the acceptance of color photography among art photographers?
- Answer✔the exhibition of color photographs at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976
This image demonstrates Alfred Stieglitz's mastery of - Answer✔tonal control.
How does the contemporary photographer Binh Danh memorialize victims of warfare in
Southeast Asia? - Answer✔He uses photographs from the Cambodia Museum of Genocide.
What was one technical consequence of early nineteenth-century cameras? -
Answer✔Photographers could only record stationary objects.
How does color function in William Eggleston's Untitled (Nehi Bottle on Car Hood)? -
Answer✔It adds to the play of formal elements.
1|Page
, ©SIRJOEL 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
What technical element accounts for the visible details seen throughout Jane and Louise Wilson's
photograph? - Answer✔the photograph's exposure time
Which contemporary photographer uses a process called chlorophyll printing? - Answer✔Binh
Danh
What do these two contemporary photographs have in common? - Answer✔experimentation
with photographic processes
What was the social impact of Jacob Riis's book How the Other Half Lives? - Answer✔Laws
were passed to improve conditions for the poor.
Which Renaissance artist described the uses of the camera obscura? - Answer✔Leonardo da
Vinci
What provided the artistic model for photographic portraits? - Answer✔established traditions in
painting
What was the significance of Eastman Kodak's 1937 invention of Kodachrome film? -
Answer✔It improved the accuracy of color photography.
What distinguishes Jeff Wall's Boy Falls from Tree as an example of photography used as an art
form? - Answer✔the large format
How does James Welling increase viewer knowledge about his works like 9812 when they are
exhibited? - Answer✔He makes booklets available so they can understand the process.
What was the drawback to the camera obscura? - Answer✔It could not preserve or copy an
image.
Jeff Wall describes himself as a "near-documentary" photographer because - Answer✔his
realistic images are staged.
One of the first great portrait photographers was - Answer✔Julia Margaret Cameron.
Which contemporary photographer's work comes closest to the function of documentary
photography? - Answer✔Trevor Paglen
How do contemporary photographers manipulate digital images? - Answer✔by using photo-
editing programs
What element of Margaret Bourke-White's Louisville Flood Victims might fit Henri Cartier-
Bresson's notion of the decisive moment? - Answer✔the figures waiting in front of the billboard
What strategy helped Alfred Stieglitz promote photography as a legitimate art form in the early
twentieth century? - Answer✔He included essays on modern art in Camera Work.
What was unusual about "rayographs"? - Answer✔No camera or lens was used.
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