ARTT 293 History of Photography

This photo history course is an examination of the development of photography from its beginnings to the present day. It will include the study of the interrelationships between photography and other visual arts, the effects of changing technologies on the photographic image, and the contributions of major photographers and art movements, as well as historical perspectives.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. 1. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of styles associated with individual photographers, artists, and/or movements, periods, or regions.
2. 2. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring issues of aesthetics, creativity, and meaning when recognizing and explaining the significance of specific iconographic motifs.
3. 3. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the impact that political, social, and/or economic changes had on the illumination of the human condition through photography during the periods studied.
4. 4. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with social and cultural contexts when researching, writing, and presenting a comparative analysis of photographic works of art from different artists, periods, and/or regions from its origins to the present day.
5. 5. Identify the historical technical processes, their inventors, and the reasons for their popularity and/or failures.
6. 6. Relate the application of photography and the directions that it has taken to historical perspectives.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of styles associated with individual photographers, artists, and/or movements, periods, or regions.
2. 2. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring issues of aesthetics, creativity, and meaning when recognizing and explaining the significance of specific iconographic motifs.
3. 3. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the impact that political, social, and/or economic changes had on the illumination of the human condition through photography during the periods studied.
4. 4. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with social and cultural contexts when researching, writing, and presenting a comparative analysis of photographic works of art from different artists, periods, and/or regions from its origins to the present day.
5. 5. Identify the historical technical processes, their inventors, and the reasons for their popularity and/or failures.
6. 6. Relate the application of photography and the directions that it has taken to historical perspectives.