ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

CULTURAL AND LITERARY IN MODERNITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following artists did NOT produce Surrealist photography?
A
Maurice Tabard
B
Ansel Adams
C
Hans Bellmer
D
Man Ray
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ansel Adams is one of America’s most famous photographers and is known for his stunning photos of the American wilderness and his passion for conservation. Ansel Adams’ photography puts the American wilderness on display, highlighting its enormity and beauty through dramatic black and white photos.

Detailed explanation-2: -Surrealist photographs of Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Andre Breton, Brassai, Salvador Dali, Philippe Halsman, Andre Kertesz and Hans Bellmer are considered giants of art with their disorienting and exquisite creations, advancing the cultural movement that began in the early 1920s.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was through his pursuit of technical mastery indeed that Adams and Fred Archer developed what became known later as the “Zone System, ” a method by which the photographer could “pre-visualize” the tonal quality of the final image at the very point of taking the picture.

Detailed explanation-4: -Early Surrealist photographers included some old-hands from the wartime Dada movement such as Hannah Hoch, but also Man Ray, and even George Brassai employed photomontage, collage, photograms and other innovative darkroom techniques to make surrealist photographic images.

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