art history 8, 9, 10

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How much was the bet made by Edward Muybridge in 1878?

$600,000

___________________ was the photographer who became dissatisfied with pictorialism and promoted the idea that photography should be true to its own nature rather than trying to imitate painting.

Alfred Stieglitz

The use by artists of the camera obscura (literally darkroom) began in the __________________

Italian Renaissance

In 1988 the _______________ changed the history of photography by making photography easily accessible to the general public.

Kodak

The ________________ brothers invented the first workable film projector

Lumineer

In 1525, with the advent of moveable type, ____________________ created a unified alphabet that could be mass-produced.

abret burer

In printmaking, where multiple images are made from the same original design, each individual print is called a/an ______________-.

addition

A(n) _______________ is a director whose films are marked by a consistent, individual style, and is closely involved in conceiving the idea for the film's story and writing the script.

auteur

In printmaking, a plate or block will be cancelled so that it _________________________

can't be used again

Graphic design used to be known as __________________

commercial art

Which graphic design team developed the familiar set of symbols used today to communicate information across language barriers to international travelers? _______________________

cook and shanosky

A daguerreotype was an early photographic method created using a __________________ covered with silver iodine.

copper plate

Although symbols convey information and embody ideas, they have no meaning in themselves; their meaning is invented by ________________; and the ideas they embody may change radically with time.

cultural use

Despite an enthusiastic public acceptance, the success of the __________________ was limited by the inability to make multiple images from one negative.

digital type

Artists like Peter Campus became interested in video because video signals could be __________ manipulated into interesting images

electronically

In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge photographed a galloping horse and discovered that galloping horses occasionally have all ______________________

four feet off the ground

One of the main differences between the intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink is __________________ of the printing plate.

in the grooves (below)

The two main differences between prints and most other forms of art is the fact that prints are made using an ___________ process and this process results in multiples of the same image

indirect

except in the case of monotypes, identical ___________ impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking

ink

Mezzotint, etching, engraving and aquatint are all techniques of _____________ printing

intaglio

A designer's blueprint for books and magazines and other works in print is called _____________________

layout

The development of ______________________ in the 19th century introduced the widespread use of color in posters

lithography

The printing technique invented by a German playwright in search of an inexpensive means of publishing his plays is________________. (remember he would make his grocery list on a piece of limestone)

lithography

Which printmaking process did Philip Guston use to make Curtain?

lithography

Cassidy Curtis's Graffiti Archaeology is organized by _____________________ to effectively display its subject.

location and name

A ____________________ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity.

logo

Designing for the Web adds the potential for ____________________ reactions to choices made by a visitor to the site.

motion and interactivity

One of the most celebrated 19th-century artists, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created posters for the famous dance hall called __________________

moulin rouge

Artists primarily used the camera obscura to produce____________________ of the world.

naturalistic views

In relief printing, the ink is __________ of the printing plate

on top

The American graphic designer who created some of the most memorable logos for IBM, UPS, and ABC is ________________

paul rand

The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as _____________________

photojournalism

The_________________ first made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely.

printing press

According to the author, graphic design as we know it today has its roots in two developments. They are the ________________________

printing press and industrial revolution

Man Ray created mysterious images, called ________________, which looked like ordinary photographs but did not require a camera to record them.

rayograms

One of the most effective and easiest ways for a company to change its image is to _________________ their logo.

redesign

Printing impressions on top of one another from separate blocks in order to achieve full-color woodcut prints requires careful alignment of the paper, known as

registration

A rubber stamp creates what type of print?

relief print

The four basic printmaking processes are _________________________

screenprinting, relief, lithography, and intaglio

The mezzotint technique is especially capable of producing ____________

shades of grey

Nam Jun Pak is best known for__________________

video art

The ancient symbol from Chinese philosophy that embodies a worldview of mutual interdependence is the ______________ symbol.

yin-yang


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