Dialogue with Photography: From Its Beginning to Postmodernism
ARHA 265
Fall 2014
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This course discusses topics in the history of photography from the invention of the medium in the 1830s to the present, with emphasis on the social uses of the medium, 19th-century documentary, pictorialism, the emergence of modernism, the post-Frank generation, and contemporary trends. Parallel to the readings and lectures, the course will regularly discuss photographs in the extensive collection of the Davison Art Center. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Roland Barthes, CAMERA LUCIDA: REFLECTIONS ON PHOTOGRAPHY. New York: Hill and Wang, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-374-53233-8, ISBN10: 0-374-53233-8
Vicki Goldberg, Editor, PHOTOGRAPHY IN PRINT: WRITINGS FROM 1816 TO THE PRESENT. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1981
ISBN: 978-0-8263-1091-0
Robert Hirsch, SEIZING THE LIGHT. 2nd edition. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2009.
ISBN-13: 9780073379210
Susan Sontag, ON PHOTOGRAPHY. New York: Picador, 2001
ISBN: 978-0-312-42009-3, ISBN10: 0-312-42009-9
Michael Fried, WHY PHOTOGRAPHY MATTERS AS ART AS NEVER BEFORE. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
ISBN: 9780300136845
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Examinations and Assignments:
Mid-term exam, one 8-10 page paper, final exam |
| Instructor(s): Rogan,Clare I. Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: WYL112; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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