ART2213 - 01 - History of Photography

(VCI) Visual & Creative Inquiry (AI-A) Aesthetic Inquiry Art (DM) Diversity & Multiculturalism

This course surveys the history of photography from its beginnings in the early 19th century to the present. We will examine the use of photography for aesthetic, documentary, and "scientific" purposes, the stylistic shifts in photography related to aesthetic interests, and the interpretations of subject matter based on social and cultural concerns. More broadly, we will evaluate the shifting relationship between photography and the visual arts, which culminates in the primacy of photography as a medium by the late 20th century. The impact of digital photography on photography as art will also be considered.