Subject 'History of Photography I'

Year:   2014/2015    2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    

• basic knowledge of the invention and evolution of the photographic medium;
• the relationship between the formation of photography and that of art, journalism and other neighboring disciplines;
• systematic knowledge of the role of photography in society and in the history of society;
• defining the representational, economical, political and ideological limits of photography;
• the amalgamation of the disciplinary and interdisciplinary histories of the photographic medium;
• finding subject-specific information online and in print;
• the study of subject-specific audiovisual material;
• keeping up with the subject-specific sources and academic events;
• identifying photography's the synchronic and diachronic effects on culture;

On successful completion of this course the students should be able to:
• know the fundamentals of the technological, historical and aesthetic evolution of the medium;
• know the fundamentals of the evolution of the medium in the economico-political context;
• distinguish the medium specific, general artistic and cultural characteristics of the photographic medium;
• analytically research the local and international topics of the history of photography;
• write surveys, reviews, summaries and studies on the subject matter.

2015: 2271  

2014: 2271