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Apr 19, 2024
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AAH 315 - The History and Theory of Photography
Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a course requirement in the Art and Architectural History Core Concentration
This course will introduce students to the history of one of the most important modern image making technologies, photography. Since its arrival in the 1830s, photography has challenged traditional definitions of art as well as participated in broader social developments through its implementation in surveillance, control, as well as personal self-expression. This course will trace the development of the field of photographic practice from the 1830s to its contemporary and digital manifestation today. In addition to a survey of artistic movements, technological developments, and producing agents, the course will cover the often-?conflicting theoretical accounts of the nature of this medium and its role in modern and contemporary culture. The wide variety of photographic expressions, from documentary to fashion to advertisements to art, creates a problem for photography’s position in relation to traditional art history. This methodological problem, locating the cultural space in which photography operates, is also central to this course’s thematic.
3 credits
Annually
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