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Curriculum subject

Photography Theory and Criticism

Subject
Subject code FE.35.03
Subject name Photography Theory and Criticism
Credit points 4 ECTS
Grading method Distinctive
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2017 2271
Study year 4
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
General description
• the object of photography theories and the different ways of it's articulation;
• essentialist and functionalist photography theories;
• the interpretive operations of photographic analysis;
• the interpretive methods of photographic analysis;
• poly-, inter- and dedisciplinary methods of photographic analysis;
• the limitations of art theories in the analysis of photographic medium;
Study outcome
On successful completion of this course the students should be able to:

• have a basic understanding of the ways general cultural, art and medium specific theories can be applied to photographic analysis;
• know the main types of contexts necessary for the theorization of photographs;
• know one's way around in different methods of analysis;
• combine different methods of analysis and theorization;
• perform a reflexive analysis;
• know the most important methods of theorization used in the neighboring disciplines (cinema, advertising, journalism).
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