Knowledge of the historical and historiographical evens of photographic culture in Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries; knowledge of the events related to the main photographic collections; ability to read the photographic image from a technical, historical and intertextual point of view; ability to understand the developments of photographic language in the larger context of figurative culture; ability to investigate photography’s role in the documentation of artistic practices.
Curriculum
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Teaching assistant: Adele Milozzi.
Programme
This lecture class offers an introduction to the history of photographic languages, practices, and cultures from the medium’s birth to WWI. Lectures will focus on the close reading of different types of photographic texts (including individual images, series, photo-texts, books, and exhibitions) and will discuss case studies associated with the crucial moments in the medium's affirmation as an intellectual and artistic field.Teaching assistant: Adele Milozzi.
Core Documentation
André Gunthert, Michel Poivert, Storia della fotografia: dalle origini ai nostri giorni, Milan: Electa, 2008, pp. 1–355.Type of delivery of the course
Class lectures and reading seminars.Type of evaluation
Oral exam covering all the assigned readings and artworks, including the ones discussed in class. teacher profile teaching materials
Teaching assistant: Adele Milozzi.
Programme
This lecture class offers an introduction to the history of photographic languages, practices, and cultures from the medium’s birth to WWI. Lectures will focus on the close reading of different types of photographic texts (including individual images, series, photo-texts, books, and exhibitions) and will discuss case studies associated with the crucial moments in the medium's affirmation as an intellectual and artistic field.Teaching assistant: Adele Milozzi.
Core Documentation
André Gunthert, Michel Poivert, Storia della fotografia: dalle origini ai nostri giorni, Milan: Electa, 2008, pp. 1–355.Type of delivery of the course
Class lectures and reading seminars.Type of evaluation
Oral exam covering all the assigned readings and artworks, including the ones discussed in class.