Art History 212 - The Handmaiden's Tale 19th Century Photography and Fine Art

Institution:
Bard College
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Description:
STS The semester begins with the debate over realism in art that forms the "back story" for the complicatedreception of photography and then works forward to the pictorialist movement at the end of the 19th century. Along the way, students address such topics as photography's status as "thebastard child of art and science," "passing (i.e.,how to make photographs that look like art)"; photography and art pedagogy; photography's role in the "liberation" of painting; and the 20thcenturyrepudiation of 19th-century photography's art aspirations. Significant weekly readings. .
Credits:
4.00
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Instructional Type:
Lecture
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Phone Number:
(845) 758-6822
Regional Accreditation:
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Calendar System:
Semester

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