ARTS 264 Survey of Photography: Past to Present

This course is an examination of the development of photography from its beginnings to the present day. It will include the study of the interrelationships between photography and other visual arts, the effects of changing technologies on the photographic image, and the contributions of major photographers and art movements, as well as historical perspectives.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Analyze photographic works of art from different photographers, periods, and/or regions from their origins to the present day.
2. Identify the historical technical processes, their inventors, and the reasons for their popularity and/or failures.
3. Relate the application of photography, and the directions that it has taken, to historical perspectives.
4. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to past and contemporary issues of aesthetics, ethics, and creativity when recognizing and explaining the significance of specific iconographic motifs.
5. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods in photographic history, and its movements, periods, and photographers.
6. Analyze the role of photographic history in fine art, commercial art, and the media to affect emotional response, public opinion, and societal issues.
7. Assess and critically analyze the role of creative and aesthetic activities in illuminating the human condition throughout the historical photographic periods studied.

Course Objectives

1. Analyze photographic works of art from different photographers, periods, and/or regions from their origins to the present day.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

2. Identify the historical technical processes, their inventors, and the reasons for their popularity and/or failures.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Relate the application of photography, and the directions that it has taken, to historical perspectives.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to past and contemporary issues of aesthetics, ethics, and creativity when recognizing and explaining the significance of specific iconographic motifs.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Paper and/or project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP1
5. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods in photographic history, and its movements, periods, and photographers.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP2
6. Analyze the role of photographic history in fine art, commercial art, and the media to affect emotional response, public opinion, and societal issues.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Paper and/or project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP3
7. Assess and critically analyze the role of creative and aesthetic activities in illuminating the human condition throughout the historical photographic periods studied.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Paper or exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP4