ART 202 History of Photography

1. Analyze use and application of the visual language of photography  
2. Compare and contrast photography as a visual language with other visual media. 
3. Analyze the impact of photography in mass communication and culture. 
4. Compare, contrast, and evaluate refinements, trend, and photographic processes through time.  
5. Evaluate, compare, and contrast artistic development through a variety of approaches and processes. 
6. Critically analyze, interpret, and describe photographic works of art using relevant vocabulary both verbally and in writing. 
7. Define parameters of photographic criticism and develop a personal approach to discussion. 
8. Identify photography’s use as a form of mass communication and impact. 
9. Analyze basic practices of photography as a business.  

Additional Statewide General Education Outcomes

1. Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life and 
2. Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues. 

• Photography as Visual Language 
  • Visual communications 
  • Characteristics of photographic medium 
  • Impact of photography 
• Photographic Techniques 
  • Pre-1839 development 
  • 1839 - 1950 
  • Modern refinements and trends 
• Artistic Development and Trend 
  • Photo syntax and artistic intent 
  • Pictorialism 
  • Straight photography 
  • Documentary approach 
  • Formalistic approach 
  • Equivalence 
  • Contemporary trends 
• Social and Cultural Impacts of Photography 
  • Diverse applications  
  • Influences of photography on cultures 
  • The portrait 
  • Social documentation 
  • Mass communications 
  • Impact and roll of photography 
• Economic History of Photography 
• Analyzing Photography as Both a Creative and Communication Medium