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Academic Year 2005/2006


Dialogue with Photography: From its Beginning to Post Modernism
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 30.
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: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006


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