Dialogue with Photography: From its Beginning to Post Modernism
ARHA 265
Spring 2007 not offered
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This survey course includes topics on photography from 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. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Alan Trachtenberg, ed., CLASSIC ESSAYS ON PHOTOGRAPHY, New Haven, 1980
Susan Sontag, ON PHOTOGRAPHY, New York, 1977
Roland Barthes, CAMERA LUCIDA, REFLECTIONS ON PHOTOGRAPHY, New York, 1981
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Examinations and Assignments:
One short research paper, mid-term exam, one term paper, final take-home exam. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
The class is limited to 30. The class will meet for slide lectures and discussions with original photographs from the Davison Art Center collection |
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