Humanities Through The Arts 10Th Edition By Lee Jacobus – Test Bank

Humanities Through The Arts 10Th Edition By Lee Jacobus – Test Bank

1) One of the complaints about pictorialism is that it was

1. A) limited in depth of field.
2. B) emotionally shallow.
3. C) too symmetrical.
4. D) an interesting social document, but not a work of art.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 285

Learning Objective: Recall criticisms of early photography.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

2) Baudelaire thought photography was “art’s most mortal enemy” because

1. A) from the moment photography was invented, painting was dead.
2. B) photography could record only visual records, not something of a man’s soul.
3. C) as a product of the imagination, the photograph could not adequately represent reality.
4. D) the camera could record precisely what was before the lens.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 282

Learning Objective: Recall Baudelaire’s perspective on photography.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

3) Which best describes the early pictorialist photographer’s treatment of details?

1. A) Apply critical depth of field
2. B) Subordinate details to structure
3. C) Capture bright, bold colors
4. D) Reveal true emotion

Answer: B

Page Ref: 284

Learning Objective: Describe characteristics of pictorialist photography.

Bloom’s: 2. Comprehension

4) Who took part in a federal program to give photographers work during the Great Depression?

1. A) Eugène Atget
2. B) James Van Der Zee
3. C) Dorothea Lange
4. D) Henri Cartier-Bresson

Answer: C

Page Ref: 295

Learning Objective: Recognize Dorothea Lange’s contributions to photography during the Great Depression.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

5) Which best describes the subject matter of O’Sullivan’s photograph, Canyon de Chelly?

1. A) permanence
2. B) Native American ritual
3. C) light and shadow
4. D) transformation

Answer: A

Page Ref: 284

Learning Objective: Describe Timothy O’Sullivan’s “Canyon de Chelly.”

Bloom’s: 2. Comprehension

6) What historical time does Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother vividly capture?

1. A) World War I
2. B) the Harlem Renaissance
3. C) the Recession
4. D) the Great Depression

Answer: D

Page Ref: 297

Learning Objective: Recognize Dorothea Lange’s contributions to photography during the Great Depression.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

7) Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans are exemplars of which group?

1. A) Documentarists
2. B) Pictorialists
3. C) Sentimentalists
4. D) f/64 Group

Answer: A

Page Ref: 298

Learning Objective: Know the characteristics of documentarist photography.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

8) Which photographer’s exhibit triggered Senator Jesse Helms to sponsor a bill prohibiting NEA funding of art deemed obscene or objectionable?

1. A) Joel Meyerowitz
2. B) Cindy Sherman
3. C) Bruce Davidson
4. D) Robert Mapplethorpe

Answer: D

Page Ref: 303

Learning Objective: Recognize controversial aspects of Mapplethorpe’s photography.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

9) Which photograph most closely resembles or suggests the composition of a painting?

1. A) Alfred Stieglitz’s Sun Rays, Paula
2. B) Bruce Davidson’s Opening at the Met
3. C) Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother
4. D) Carrie Mae Weems’s Untitled (Man smoking)

Answer: A

Page Ref: 280

Learning Objective: Describe Stieglitz’s pictorialist photography.

Bloom’s: 2. Comprehension

10) What is the focus of straight photography?

1. A) sentimentality
2. B) beauty
3. C) clarity
4. D) softness

Answer: C

Page Ref: 287

Learning Objective: Recall the evolution and development of straight photography.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

11) Which photographer developed the Zone System which allowed advanced control over the final print?

1. A) Edward Weston
2. B) Ansel Adams
3. C) Alfred Stieglitz
4. D) Imogen Cunningham

Answer: B

Page Ref: 287

Learning Objective: Describe Edward Weston’s contributions to photography.

Bloom’s: 2. Comprehension

12) The Documentarists are especially interested in

1. A) sharp focus
2. B) “the decisive moment”
3. C) soft focus
4. D) symbolic meanings

Answer: B

Page Ref: 291

Learning Objective: Describe characteristics of documentarist photography.

Bloom’s: 2. Comprehension

13) Cindy Sherman uses what kind of photography?

1. A) pictorialism
2. B) straight photography
3. C) digital photography
4. D) documentary

Answer: C

Page Ref: 301

Learning Objective: Recall the contributions of Cindy Sherman.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

14) What is the method of photography that Ansel Adams is known for?

1. A) the fine print
2. B) pictorialism
3. C) composition
4. D) interesting social statements

Answer: A

Page Ref: 290

Learning Objective: Recall the contributions of Ansel Adams to the f/64 group.

Bloom’s: 1. Knowledge

15) What group did Edward Weston belong to?

1. A) Pictorialists
2. B) Documentarists
3. C) ƒ/64 Group
4. D) Snapshot

Answer: C

Page Ref: 289

Learning Objective: Describe Edward Weston’s contributions to photography.

Bloom’s: 2. Comprehension