art quiz 6

Who invented the calotype photographic process?

. Henry Fox Talbot

Products like smart phones are often used for people of many different cultures to use. What is the term for the simple, symbolic graphics often used in these products so that there is no need for language translation?

. icons

When were the first successful photographs made using a camera?

1800s

When were picture symbols first used as a consistent language system?

3400 BCE

Ancient Egyptians developed a picture writing systems. What is it called?

Hieroglyphics

What are the handwritten, illustrated books produced during the Middle Ages called?

Illuminated Manuscripts

Who was the German inventor of the printing press and movable type?

Johannes Gutenberg

Who were the first people to employ picture symbols in a consistent language system?

Mesopotamians

What is the earliest surviving Daguerrotype a picture of?

a ship docked on the Seine River

What is the name of the opening in a camera that lets light in?

aperture

What term refers to the visual form of printed letters, words, and text?

calligraphy

What are the colors that make up the basis for commercial printing?

cyan, magenta, yellow

What is the term for a group of letterforms designed to have a uniform appearance?

font

What is photographer Edward Burtynsky's Manufacturing series trying to make people think about?

how human activity results in economic activity

What were Daguerrotypes made on?

metal plates

What is it called when a photographer chooses to make a photograph look candid and spontaneous?

snapshot aesthetic

What was a major benefit of the calotype process?

the negatives can be readily reproduced

True or false: photographer Lewis Wickes Hine went undercover in factories and mines to expose the injustices of child labor.

true

In order for photojournalistic news photos to be effective they need to be seen as _______.

truthful

What does the word "photograph" mean?

writing with light