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ART 475

History of Photography

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

A global survey of the history of photography from proto-photography issues before the 19th century to 21st-century post-photography cases. The course addresses photography as a technological, social, and artistic medium, an experimental and cultural production, and a colonial and decolonial practice.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
  • at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
  • Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring

Terms

spring

Core

CO10, CO11, CO13

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • explain critical visual, cultural, social, and technological aspects of photographic and artistic referential works.
  • use primary and secondary sources from interrelated disciplinary fields of Art History, History, Visual Culture, and Cultural Studies to critically discuss issues concerning race, social class, or gender in photography.
  • analyze academic arguments and apply art historical and visual culture analysis to propose personal analytical approaches and sound arguments concerning intersecting social and cultural forces and traditions.
  • articulate and evaluate connections among local, national, and international contexts.
  • integrate and synthesize sources, art works and disciplinary fields to discuss art works of photography considering historical and current issues of global interest and importance.