PHOTOGRAPH

Y
PHOTOGRAPH
Y
Comes from the Greek words “photos”
which means light and “graphe”
which means drawing.

Together, they mean “drawing with

light”
The first photograph ever
 The first photograph, or
earliest known surviving
photograph was taken by
Joseph Nicephore Niepce,
in 1826.
The image depicts the view from an upstairs
window at Niepce’s estate, Le Gras in France.

It is taken with a camera obscure (pinhole camera).

The first camera
The first camera invented
was made by Alexander
Wolcott- his camera design
was patented on May 8th,
1840.
His invention made it possible
for candid photos to be taken
and not fade away with time.

He also has the distinction of

opening the earliest
photography shop- that was
known as a dagurran parlor-
in New York City.
 The first photograph of a Human
(Boulevard du Temple, Paris, 1838)

Boulevard du Temple,
taken by Louis Daguerre
in late 1838, was the first-
ever photograph of a
person.
It is an image of a busy street,
but because exposure time was
over ten minutes, the city traffic
was moving too much to appear.
The exception is a man in the
bottom left corner, who stood
still getting his boots polished
long enough to show up in the
picture.
The first light picture
and human portrait
ever taken
(October or
November, 1839)
Robert Cornelius, self-portrait, October
or November, 1839. approximate quarter
plate daguerreotype which is a procedure
invented in 1839 using silver on a copper
plate.

The back reads “The first light picture

ever taken.”

This self portrait is the first photographic

portrait image of a human ever produced.
First Color
Photograph
(1861)
Although color photograpy was explored throughout
19th century, initial experiments in color resulted in
projected temporary images, rather than permanent
color images.

The first color photo, an additive

projected image of a tartan
ribbon, was taken in 1861, by
the Scottish physicist, James
Clerk Maxwell.
First Highspeed Photograph (1878)
In 1887, using a series of trip wires, Eadweard
Muybridge created the first high speed photo series
which can be run together to give effect of motion
pictures. Highspeed Photography is the science of
taking pictures of very fast phenomena.
In 1948, the Society of Motion Picture
and Television Engineers defined HSP as
any set of photographs captured by a
camera capable of 128 frames per
second or greater, and of at least three
consecutive frames.
THEATER
THEATER ARTS
Theater Art is a collaborative form of fine art
that uses live performers to present the
experience of a real or imagined event before
a live audience in a specific place.
THEATER ARTS
The performers may communicate this
experience to the audience through
combinations of gesture, speech, song,
music, and dance.
THEATER ARTS
The specific place of the performance is also
named “theatre” as derived from the Ancient
Greek word “theatron”, which means “a
place for viewing.”
 The Difference Between Theater and
Drama
 Theater can refer to a whole theatrical
production whereas drama refers to the
plays themselves.
 The study of plays is referred to as
dramaturgy.
 Theater can mean a building, whereas
drama cannot.
Theater is a Collaborative Art
 Producer. Finances, hiring, promoting
 Director. Supervises rehearsals, controls and
develops the “vision” of the play
 Actors. Perform the roles/ characters
 Designer. Creates the visual aspects of
production: scenery, costumes, props, make-
up, lighting, sound
 Builders. Tech crew; build and paint the set
Theater is a Collaborative Art
 Crews. Execute changes in scenery, light and
sound cues, placement and return of
properties
 Stage Manager. Runs the “live” production
 House Manager. Admits and seats audience
 The Playwright. The writer of the theater/ play.
 History

1.1 Classical and Hellenistic Period

1.2 Dark Ages
1.3 Renaissance
1.4 Modern Era
 1.1 Classical and Hellenistic
Period
Starting in the 6th century BC, the Classical
period of performing art began in Greece,
ushered in by the tragic poets such as
Sophocles.
These poets wrote plays which, in some
cases, incorporated dance. The Hellenistic
period began the widespread use of comedy.
 1.2 Dark Ages
However, by the 6th century AD, Western
performing arts had been largely ended, as the
Dark Ages began. Between the 9th century and
14th century, performing art in the West was
limited to religious historical enactments and
morality plays, organized by the Church in
celebration of holy days and other important
events.
 1.3 Renaissance
In the 15th century performing arts, along
with the arts in general, saw a revival as the
Renaissance began in Italy and spread
throughout Europe plays, some of which
incorporated dance, which were performed and
Domenico da Piacenza credited with the first
use of the term ballo…
 1.3 Renaissance
… (in De Arte Saltandi et Choreas Ducendi)
instead of danza (dance) for his baletti or balli.
The term eventually became Ballet. The first
Ballet per se is thought to be Balthasar de
Beaujoyeulx's Ballet Comique de la Reine
(1581).
 1.3 Renaissance
… (in De Arte Saltandi et Choreas Ducendi)
instead of danza (dance) for his baletti or balli.
The term eventually became Ballet. The first
Ballet per se is thought to be Balthasar de
Beaujoyeulx's Ballet Comique de la Reine
(1581).
 1.3 Renaissance

William Shakespeare's plays in the late 16th

century developed from this new class of
professional performance.
 1.3 Renaissance
In 1597, the first opera, Dafne was performed
and throughout the 17th century, opera
would rapidly become the entertainment of
choice for the aristocracy in most of Europe,
and eventually for large numbers of people
living in cities and towns throughout
Europe.
 1.4 Modern Era

The introduction of the proscenium arch in

Italy during the 17th century established the
traditional theatre form that persists to this
day. Meanwhile, in England, the Puritans
forbade acting, bringing a halt to performing
arts that lasted until 1660.
 1.4 Modern Era

During the 18th century, the introduction of the

popular opera buffa brought opera to the
masses as an accessible form of performance.
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Don
Giovanni are landmarks of the late 18th century
opera.
 1.4 Modern Era
At the turn of the 19th century, Beethoven
and the Romantic movement ushered in a
new era that led first to the spectacles of
grand opera and then to the musical dramas
of Giuseppe Verdi and the Gesamtkunstwerk
(total work of art) of the operas of Richard
Wagner leading directly to the music of the
20th century.