What is a camera obscura, created in the room by blocking out all the light and creating a small hole for light to come through the window. He uses a lens/prism in order for the image to be "right side up" and then he takes a photograph using a large format camera which is sitting on a tripod in the room.
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Which artistic movement is this painting from and describe the visual elements/conventions of that movement.
What is impressionism
focuses on light and color---resulting in short, choppy brushstrokes—and uses softer pastel colors.
400
Name two stylizations or art movements that influence this Aaron Douglas mural
Ancient Egyptian art, cubism, primitivism and art deco
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When and why was Dada created?
In WWI to protest reason and logic promoted by the Bourgeois society (who also started the war)
500
Name 2 ways this work critiques two different cultures?
(1) Parodying Google and critiquing the demonizing of women in leadership roles
(2) Geisha make-up stereotypes, exotic beauty
(3) Parodying the Mananangal and the demonizing of women and scaring women in staying indoors
500
Define the term "the zoning system" and who created it?
What is a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development times based on the amount of light at the time the photo was taken. Created by Ansel Adams.
500
Name the artist, the movement, and the conventions of the movement found in this painting.
Who is Pablo Picasso, Cubism, and it combines geometric forms with multiple perspectives on the same picture plane--abstracting the female form--
500
Name and identify two depictions of iconography in this Aaron Douglas mural
cotton/ slavery, gold/ the divine or divine intervention, plants/ African ancestral past, capital building or emancipation proclamation/ democracy
500
How did Duchamp challenge traditional art? What is Duchamp’s motto in a way?
Creating anti-art in the form of his readymades. Idea is more important than the product.