Spring 2002
ARH 380 selectively surveys the history of photography from its beginnings to the turn of the 21st century, with emphasis on the development and uses of the medium in North America and Western Europe.� Although some individual photographers will be investigated, the course also addresses such things as the business and institutions of photography, certain commercial applications, and some of the key theoretical issues (both past and present) that have emerged in the scholarship and debate on the subject, as well as the cultural and social contexts of photographic practices.
Required Texts
Naomi Rosenblum, World History of Photography
Alan Trachtenberg,�� Classic Essays on Photography
this course website: http://www.geocities.com/kueblerwolf/A380
Both books are available at the Marian College bookstore in the Ruth Lilly center.�
Warning Sticker: This course covers the history of photography, a human edeavor, which means that we will occasionally encounter the darker side of human nature.� Some of the images we will examine are quite graphic and/or explicit in nature, and are potentially offensive, upsetting, or both.� Please be aware of this.� If you are concerned about the nature of the course images at any time during the semester, please talk to me about it.� Be advised, however, that being offended or upset by images in this class will NOT be justification to skip lectures, assignments, readings, exams, or otherwise fail to meet the requirements of the class.
Hours by appointment only