ARTH 221
History of Photography
Last Offered Fall 2020
Division I
Cross-listed STS 221
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

This lecture course will examine the history of photography from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present, from the first grainy black and white images to the work of contemporary artists using cutting-edge photographic technologies. We will examine photographs used for documentary, scientific, and aesthetic purposes, and we will trace the medium’s emergence and acceptance as a fine art. We will also explore photography’s physical and conceptual characteristics as a medium, paying particular attention to its uniquely intimate and frequently contested relationship to “the real.” By the end of the course, students will have a broad understanding of photography as a unique medium within the history of art and knowledge of the theoretical frameworks that developed alongside that history.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 14
Expected: 14
Class#: 2897
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: three to four short papers, quizzes, online presentations.
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: art history majors
Distributions: Division I
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
STS 221 Division II ARTH 221 Division I
Attributes: ARTH post-1800
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