2067-306,307,308 - History and Aesthetics of Photography

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

Series of courses that cover 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, ambrotypes, etc. Visual lectures cover topics from surrealism and documentary to conceptual art and postmodernism. Credit 3

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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