PA 201 - History & Aesthetics of Photography

Institution:

Northwest College of Art & Design

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Description:

Prerequisite: Art Introduction (2 credits) This course covers the history and aesthetics of photography from 1800 to the present, with special emphasis on the development of photographic seeing, and its related effect on other media. A survey of the numerous processes and how their development affected the image making of particular periods, i.e., daguerreotypes, collotypes, etc. Visual lectures cover topics from surrealism and documentary to conceptual art and post-modernism.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.NCAD.edu

Phone Number:

(360) 779-9993

Calendar System:

Trimester

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