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38 Cards in this Set
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camera obscura
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a darkened chamber with one small hole or a lens that projected a dim image of the outside world onto the opposite chamber wall
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Brunellischi's Panel
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Filippo Brunelleschi's perfect painting of a cathedral in Florence, could compare the two using optical device
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squared window
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viewing a subject through an actual window frame divided into squares by threads
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burning mirror
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also known as a concave mirror or mirror lens, produces an image upside down but not reversed right to left
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Della Pittura
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book by leon battista alberti describing linear perspective
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linear perspective
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representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface using intersecting lines drawn horizontally and vertically
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heliography
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Niepce: metal and glass plates coated with Bitumen of Judea used to copy prints by contact
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pyreolophore
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Niepce and his brother Claude worked for 20 years on this marine internal combustion engine
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diorama
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Daguerre: a theatrical attraction minus actors. paintings undergo dramatic transformations in lighting and mood, sound effects
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daguerrotype
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announced 1839: direct positive on silver-plated copper, sensitized with iodine, developed with mercury. very detailed
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silver halides
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John Herschel- dissolved silver halides to create fixer, which makes photographs permanent
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latent image
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invisible image before it's developed
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calotype
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Talbot- the negative on paper
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salted paper prints
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Talbot- the positive on paper sensitized with salt and silver nitrate
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The Pencil of Nature
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Talbot- even using camera lucida to trace a scene, you need previous drawing skills to make it look good
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The First General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland
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painting by Hill, (Adamson), used photography, helped by brewster
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dry waxed paper negative
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Le Gray- used beeswax. portability of the calotype and sharpness of daguerrotype
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camera lucida
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image seen ahead and reflected down to paper
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Wolcott camera
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by alexander wolcott, john johnson, and henry fitz in new york. didn't use a lens ,used burning mirror
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albumen print
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Evrard- used egg whites and salt to seal paper, kept chemicals from sinking into paper's fibers
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printing out process
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let paper darken in sunlight
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developing out process
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darkens when chemically developed
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guncotton (nitrocellulose)
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discovered by accident- apron spontaneously exploded. used in artillery shells
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collodion
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nitrocellulose, ether, and alcohol- thin, flexible film when it sets
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collodion wet plate
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archer- much more sensitive to light than previous processes- much faster
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carte de visite
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photographic calling cards, albumen print on cardboard, cheaply made in great numbers
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balaclava
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crimean headquators of the allies for crimean war- where Roger Fenton was
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crimean war
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between russia and allies (britain, france, turkey, and piedmont) to limit russian power in the near east
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indian mutiny
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movement to free india from foriegn control
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second opium war
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british opium and cotton for chinese tea, porcelain, and silk. britain and france demand more trade from china
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american expedition to korea
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trading ship ' general sherman' burned, crew killed- diplomatic mission- koreans killed
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stereograph
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nearly identical photographs side by side, - looks like three dimensions
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ambrotype/tintype
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collodion negatives on glass or sheet metal painted black to made the image on top appear positive
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'Photographic Sketch Book of the War'
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Gardner's book, but timothy o'sullivan took nearly half the pictures in it
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Le Geant
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Nadar- world's largest balloon
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gelatin dry plate
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faster than wet plate, exposed while dry
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gelatin silver plate
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replaced albumen prints, paper with different textures, colors, and contrast
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celluloid film
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hannibal goodman first to patent, long rolls of film
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