Photography History and Theory (20060)
Degree/study: Degree in Humanities
Year: 3rd - 4th
Term: 3rd
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication:
Teaching language or languages: Spanish
Teaching Staff: María de los Santos García Felguera
1. Presentation of the subject
History of photography: from Daguerre to Pop-Art.
Study of the historical facts, elements and fundamental problems, and main study movements of photography.
2. Competences to be attained
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General competences |
Specific competences |
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Knowing about the origins and development of photography from its origin in 1839 to the 1970's. Becoming familiar with the main works, artists and problems present in such a versatile medium, stating its wide historical, cultural, industrial and scientific context. Developing an analytical mind for photography and a personal opinion which does not depend on fashion. |
- Being able to put a photography into its temporal, historical and artistic context. - Being able to analyze a photography's form and context. On the one hand, this analysis will include the ability to know its influences, innovations and breaks with tradition. On the other hand, it will include the ability to discover the message the photography transmits and the resources it uses to achieve it. |
3. Contents
Introduction.
1. The portrait: from the daguerreotype to the "visiting card". Techniques, genres, specialization, industry.
2. Landscapes, monuments and types. The travel album: from painting to photography. Stereoscopic views and postcards.
3. Looking for instantaneity and movement: From Hill and Adamson to Eastman's Kodak. The eighties: technical and chemical improvements. Muybridge and Marey.
4. Lartigue and amateur photography: first enthusiasts, the turn of the century, autochromes. Centres, options, associations, exhibitions, awards and magazines.
5. Atget and Paris: History and the vanishing city. Documents for architects and artists.
6. Avant-Garde photography: from pictorialism to North-American Avant-Garde. European Avant-Garde: the Soviet Union and the spread in Europe. New objectivity, Dadaism and Surrealism.
7. Photojournalism. From Roger Fenton to the Spanish Civil War: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, Seymour, Centelles.
8. Humanist photography: the USA and The Family of Man. Postwar Europe. The Beat Generation: Robert Frankc and William Klein.
*The full version with the sections 4. Assessment, 5. Bibliography and teaching resources, 6. Methodology and 7. Planning of activities is available in the original version.
4. Assessment
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5. Bibliography and teaching resources
5.1. Basic bibliography
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5.2. Complementary bibliography
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5.3. Teaching resources
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6. Metodology
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7. Planning of activities
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