History of Photography

Three credits · Undergraduate

From the public announcement of a viable process in 1839, to the present day, photographic images have come to dominate our visual world. This art history course will examine the history of photography through its technology and through the work of key photographers, styles, and purposes. It will also consider photography as a medium for art in itself, its position and relationships with the traditional arts, and its extraordinary power to construct a world. Three credits.