AHT 3070 - History of Photography

This course provides a firm understanding of the history of photography with an emphasis on the leading artists and innovators in the medium. Working chronologically, the course covers the European inventors of photography in the 19th century, through the innovations of pictorialist and modernist photographic styles, to contemporary American, Asian, and European artists. The course explores technical and aesthetic developments in the medium, including historical movements and genres. Credits: 4 Formerly AHT 307