Scope
Students will acquire a solid foundation in the historical context of the history of photography from the nineteenth-century to the present.
Style
Students will be able to articulate the characteristics of the period styles, processes, techniques, cultural uses and the philiosophies of key photographers in Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Students will become conversant with important photographs and collections in terms of style, patronage, reception, and meaning.
Research Skills
Students will develop art historical research skills by conducting advanced research on a single photographer or photograph.
Theory
Students will apply methodological approaches acquired in ArtHC 300 and other methods to their topic.
State of the Research
Students will situate their informed, original ideas within the best publications and reviews of period photography.
Sources
Students will demonstrate familiarity with advanced research skills and best research practices as taught by the course professor and supported the HBLL Art History and Photography research guides. Students will be required to correctly use style guides.
