ARTS 201C - P1 Picturing the Past

Institution:

Saint John Fisher University

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Description:

This course is intended to introduce students to the potentials and perils of using photography as a source of historical knowledge. Beginning with an assumption that our understanding of much of American history has been shaped by the photographic images we have been exposed to (for instance, Mathew Brady's Civil War photographs and the FSA record of the Great Depression), the course explores the ways that photographs have been used to understand the past and examines the inherent contradictions of photographs being both objective facts and subjective expressions, thereby revealing the pitfalls of expecting the photographs to tell the truth. Crosslisted with AMST 201C.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sjfc.edu

Phone Number:

(585) 385-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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