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ART 2021 - History of Photography

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3
Course Description: This course surveys the works of artists throughout the world who have explored and defined the aesthetic boundaries of photography from the medium’s invention to the present. The history of photography is presented in terms of technological developments, social trends, and personal expression. Lectures and reading assignments focus on contextualizing photographs in order to reveal their historic significance, content, and aesthetic form. Class discussions and writing assignments introduce students to the basic methodological approaches to analyzing images.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020   with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. The Early Years: Technology
  2. 19th Century Portraits
  3. Landscape and Architecture
  4. Objects and Events
  5. Photography and Art: The First Phase
  6. War Photography
  7. Social Documentary
  8. Photography and Modernism
  9. Photography and Print Media
  10. Manipulation
  11. Contemporary Uses

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. identify the significant people, technological developments, events and social trends and in the invention and development of photography.
  2. distinguish major branches of photography, such as: photojournalism, artistic expression, social and political statements, architectural, documentary, and commercial.
  3. analyze photographs by individuals who have had a significant impact in the aesthetic trends of the medium as an art form.
  4. critique the cultural, and historical impact of iconic photographs
  5. evaluate the relationship between photography and other modes of distributing information concerning events that shape history.
  6. define terms in the vocabulary of photographic imaging and history.
  7. describe the interrelationship between the evolution of photographic images and the style of painting and sculpture.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
06. 01. Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.
06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.
08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.
08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.


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