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Subject 'Photographic Representation and Expression. Study of Photographic Form II'

Name in Estonian: Fotograafiline representatsioon ja -väljendus. Fotograafiline morfoloogia II

Year:   2018/2019    2019/2020    2020/2021    2021/2022    2022/2023    

State codeFE.41.05
Study languageEstonian
ChairDepartment of Photography
Credit points 2 ECTS
Grading method Distinctive

General description

• the photograph as a sub-genre of the panel image; panel image evolution and variations; panel image as a commercial object;
• the plurality of forms and formats: a historical overview;
• the morphology of an artwork in in contemporary art;
• the industrial standardization of photographic formats; ways of surpassing the standard formats;
• the morphological plurality of photography: the image and aspect ratio; vertical and horizontal panorama;
• image, light box, projection; projections in different environments and in public space;
• site-specific photographic artworks
• pre-photography and photography-related historical (17-19 cent) image formats;
• the digital formats of photography and their morphology of of photography

Study outcome

On successful completion of this course the students should be able to:

• have an integrated historical knowledge of different formats in visual arts;
• have integrated knowledge of the evolution of different forms in photography;
• understand the reasons for and the significations of different formats in contemporary art;
• navigate in the morphological multitude of the photographic image;
• choose the suitable format in accordance with the character of their work;
• can differentiate between the semantic and decorative aspects of different formats;
• create image formats and morphological materializations which speak to the contemporary audience;

Is taught in following curricula

2019: 2271  
2018: 2271  
2017: 2271  
2016: 2271  
2015: 2271  
2014: 2271  
2013: 2271  

Is taught in rounds

     2019/2020 Spring semester

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