Literature and the Arts

What is a rayograph?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/rayograph-95182.html" >What is a rayograph?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Among his inventions is the rayograph, a photograph obtained by the direct application of objects of varying opacity to a light-sensitive plate.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Ray, Man . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Who invented the rayograph? How is a rayograph made? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Black magic: it's a conjurer's trick. The boldest, most sculptural pieces of...
Magazine article from: W Jean Paul Gaultier's black silk taffeta coat, at select Nordstrom stores; Barneys New York, New York. B&J Fabrics material (worn in hair). Giles's black silk velvet and wool coat, to order at studiogfles@mac.com. Prada's black wool jacket and pencil skirt, at select Prada stores, 888.977.1900.
FRENCH EXHIBIT SIZZLES WITH SENSUALITY.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot ...Ray invented and pioneered under the name rayograph. He made them by placing objects of varying...life. Of these works, five use solely the rayograph technique and five combine the rayograph with a traditional photographic image. The...
In Focus: Themes in Photography.(exhibitions)
Magazine article from: Afterimage ...Becher's industrial typologies. "The Complex Nature of Simple Things" was an intriguing room complete with a Man Ray rayograph, Hollis Frampton's 16 Studies of Vegetable Locomotion and Orit Raff's bizarre views of freezers and toilets. Other themes...
Mel Kendrick at John Weber. (New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)
Magazine article from: Art in America ...cultural disciplines. Especially in 3 Plates, but also in many of the other drawings shown, Kendrick pays homage to the Rayograph, a favorite Surrealist technique (pioneered by Man Ray) for making negative images on photosensitive paper. Recalling...
Culture: Artists who are drawn to past; Terry Grimley reports on two mixed...
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) ...whole point is that it is a pure invention with no story attached) has a compelling oddness, while Anna-Marie Cagiano's rayograph Eulogy to Utensils is a powerful tribute to the technically equipped modern home. The approach to drawing at the RBSA Open...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.