Deck 8: New Media: Time and Digital Arts

Question 1

The art form created with the aid of computer technology is referred to as _______.

A)video art
B)digital arts
C)installation
D)none of these are correct
E)all of these are correct

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the early 1950s, an impressive demonstration of a ball bouncing and the playing of "Jingle Bells" was shown on CBS.This project from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was called ______.

A)IBM
B)Illustrator
C)Sketchpad
D)Whirlwind
E)Gouraud shading

Answer 2

D

Question 3

__________________ is an artist who is best known for editing video of sporting events by removing the athletes.

A)Bill Viola
B)Maggie Taylor
C)Paul Pfeiffer
D)Stephanie Syjuco
E)John Lasseter

Answer 3

C

Question 4

John Lasseter's first fully computer-animated film at Pixar was ______.

A)Luxo Jr.
B)Toy Story
C)Monsters Inc.
D)Finding Nemo
E)none of these are correct

Question 5

The Martyrs, which according to the artist "exemplify the human capacity to bear pain, hardship and even death in order to remain faithful to their values, beliefs and principles," was created by_________.

A)Bill Viola
B)Nam June Paik
C)Pipilotti Rist
D)Eadweard Muybridge
E)Giacomo Balla

Question 6

The first motion picture camera was called the ______.

A)Un Chien Andalou
B)locomotion
C)film
D)kinetoscope
E)stylus

Question 7

Surrealist artists believed in an art that ______.

A)depicted dreams
B)depicted repressed passions
C)depicted the unconscious mind
D)all of these are correct
E)none of these are correct

Question 8

For Pipilotti Rist, the themes of ______________ and ______________ are recurring ideas in her work.

A)music and dance
B)art and life
C)transformation and religion
D)water and travel
E)water and fire

Question 9

Feeling the heavy burden of trying to create new art surrounded by the grandeur of Roman, Renaissance, and Baroque art, the Futurists saw the new age as an opportunity to _______.

A)free Italy from her numberless museums
B)free Italy from her useless admiration of the future
C)free Italy from her useless admiration of the past
D)none of these are correct
E)both a and c are correct

Question 10

According to the text, television did not take its place as the center of American cultural life until the ______.

A)1930s
B)1940s
C)1950s
D)1960s
E)1970s

Question 11

In 1962, a graduate student at MIT, Ivan Sutherland, developed a hardware and software system that included a nine-inch monitor and a light pen, which enabled Sutherland to draw directly on the screen.This hardware and software system is called ______.

A)Photoshop
B)Illustrator
C)Sketchpad
D)Pixar
E)MacDraw

Question 12

All of the following are true about the piece entitled TV Buddha except _______.

A)the Buddha seems to be watching his own "live" image on a monitor
B)the piece was created by Nam June Paik
C)the piece was created by Bill Viola
D)the Buddha contemplates his electronic self
E)the effect of the piece is peaceful, reminiscent of the Zen Buddhist goal of attaining nonbeing

Question 13

During the early stages of computer graphics, printing images took several hours and required expensive ________________, which were large printers that held rolls of paper and made marks by moving pens.

A)scanners
B)Graphic User Interfaces
C)vectorscopes
D)styluses
E)plotters

Question 14

When an artist prefers to create their imagery by hand, they can use a graphic or digitizing tablet rather than a mouse.To draw on the tablet, a pen or ______________ is needed.

A)stylus
B)scanner
C)MacDraw
D)Sketchpad
E)none of these are correct

Question 15

The art form known as video art was originated by ______.

A)Bill Viola
B)Nam June Paik
C)Pipilotti Rist
D)Eadweard Muybridge
E)Giacomo Balla

Question 16

A revolution in graphic and type design began with a computer program called Aldus PageMaker.This new approach to design and layout became known as ______.

A)WYSIWYG
B)desktop publishing
C)grunge fonts
D)Gouraud shading
E)none of these are correct

Question 17

When Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí created Un Chien Andalou, their goal was _______.

A)to tell a story
B)to shock the audience
C)to repulse the audience
D)none of these are correct
E)both b and c are correct

Question 18

_________________ was a professional photographer who created exhaustive studies of figures and animals in motion.

A)Giacomo Balla
B)Eadweard Muybridge
C)Luis Buñuel
D)Nam June Paik
E)Bill Viola

Question 19

____________ uses a scanner like a camera to create images described as "dream-like worlds inhabited by everyday objects."

A)Michael Noll
B)Ivan Sutherland
C)Stephanie Syjuco
D)Maggie Taylor
E)Bill Viola

Question 20

The first exhibition of computer graphics was held at a gallery in Stuttgart, Germany, in ______.

A)1950
B)1955
C)1960
D)1965
E)1980

Question 21

What is the theme of Nina Paley's animated video Sita Sings the Blues? What do her choices of style, both musically and visually, have to do with her choice of releasing the video on the Internet for free?

Question 22

List at least 3 ways in which artists can input imagery into a computer.

Question 23

The history of art is filled with examples of new media transforming the way artists work.What is the impact of the computer, and the various tools associated with it, on artists and art making? Cite specific examples and artists from the text.

Question 24

Discuss the contributions of Ivan Sutherland to the field of computer graphics.Why is Sutherland considered one of the greatest teachers in the history of computer science?

Question 25

Compare and contrast the work of Maggie Taylor and Stephanie Syjuco.

Question 26

John Lasseter is considered to be a leader in computer animated film.To what does he contribute his success?

Question 27

What act signified the conversion of Nam June Paik from a musician to an electronic artist?

Question 28

Describe how the painting Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash by Giacomo Balla depicts speed.

Question 29

Describe the Surrealist film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí entitled Un Chien Andalou.How does this film convey the ideas embraced by the Surrealists?

Question 30

During the 1950s, why did many artists not take computer graphics seriously as a creative medium?