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ARTH 3650 - Histories of Photography: Theory and Criticism from Invention to Present


Credits: 3

Description: Critical survey of primarily European and American photography from roughly 1839 to the present. Discussion of major photographers and art movements over time. Emphasis on photography’s transition from hand-made materials into the age of mass-production, and on the technological, theoretical, and aesthetic changes of the period. Comparison of different and at times antagonistic historians, theorists, and critics of this evolving “modern” and “post-modern” medium. Extra fee.

Prerequisite(s): one of ARTH 1450 , ARTH 1460 , or ARTH 2700 , or consent of instructor.