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One of the most celebrated 19th-century artists, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created posters for the famous dance hall called
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the Moulin Rouge
With the development of color lithography in the 19th century, posters came into their own as the most eye-catching form of advertising. |
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The ancient symbol from Chinese philosophy that embodies a worldview of mutual interdependence is the ________ symbol.
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yin-yang
The yin-yang symbol is used to describe how polar opposites are interconnected, and gives visual form to the dynamic balance of opposites. |
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According to the author, graphic design as we know it today has its roots in two developments. They are
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the printing press and the Industrial Revolution.
The printing press piloted the practice of mass communication, and the Industrial Revolution dramatically increased the commercial applications of graphic design. |
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A designer’s blueprint for books and magazines and other works in print is called
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a layout
Layouts are plans or sketches for a book, newspaper, or advertisement that indicate specifications as to the relationships of the parts, including type and artwork. |
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Graphic design used to be known as ________ art.
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commercial
Commercial art was designated designs for commercial uses such as packaging products and advertising. |
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The use by artists of the camera obscura (literally dark room) began in
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the Italian Renaissance.
The principle of the camera obscura was discovered very early in history, but it was not until the Renaissance that a practical device was developed to harness those principles. |
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Artists primarily used the camera obscura to
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produce naturalistic drawings of the world.
Artists concerned with making optically convincing-representations through perspective and chiaroscuro welcomed this improved camera as a drawing tool. |
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The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as
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photojournalism.
A purpose of photography is to bear witness and document, and photojournalism allowed the public to see a story, not just an individual illustration of an event. |
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The Dada movement was formed as a reaction to
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World War I
The Dadaist movement, which was formed as a reaction to the unprecedented slaughter of WWI, refused to make sense in traditional ways, creating “anti-art.” |
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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.
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auteur
During the 1920s, the expression “art cinema” came into use producing independent movies that didn’t conform to popular storytelling techniques. The directors were recognized for their individualistic style and were named after the French word for author. |
