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Academic Year 2000/2001
History of Photography
ARHA 265 FA
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.
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
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three short papers, one term paper, midterm examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
The class is limited to 40. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students
must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office. The class will meet for slide lectures and discussions with original photographs from the Davison Art Center collection.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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