History of Photography: Take Home Quiz

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Take Home Quiz

Due next class.

In all the following essay questions (valued at 25 points each) be sure to address the question and include two authors that best support your answer.

1. Explain allegory and identify one 19^th-century lens-based example. Be sure to discuss the work by including historic context, perceived social value, author and artistic movement.

2. Identify the inventor of the KODAK camera system and the impact that made on the photographic medium (social/artistic/political etc.).

3. Identify and explain the philosophy of Positivism and it’s relationship to 19-th century photography.

4. Explain the photography of movement during the 19-th Century. Be sure to

identify two key figures that contributed to the technological advancements of the medium.

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Course Outcomes Assessment:

The objective is to expand one’s working knowledge of the photographic lexicon, the artists that shaped this vocabulary, and the tools and materials employed to define our current discourse and production within this medium. Through required research, students will be responsible for the development and implementation of cultural, political, and personal positions within the medium throughout its history. These skills will be developed through independent research conducted on authors, genres, movements, techniques, and technologies, as well as the evolution of these aggregate systems to form the unification of the medium, as we know it today. As informed and critical viewers of imagery, our knowledge base of the history of this medium will become an essential component of one’s arsenal for the development, direction, and execution of personal work.

Learning Objectives:

- Use of the class blog: http://ph111historyofphotography.blogspot.com/

- All assignments, readings, research papers, exams, written paper, and the production of an image in the style of a photographer discussed in class are to be completed by identified date on the syllabus or otherwise discussed in class.

- The subject matter of your final research paper and presentation will be at your discretion, pending final approval from the instructor. This will allow you to dedicate time throughout the semester to exploring one particular artist of your choice and the process they used. This paper will consist of a strong conceptual analysis of the individual’s work, historic relevance, and the effects or parallels of that work within contemporary art. Additional topics to address will be the process and method(s) of image production (daguerreotype, salt print, albumen print, gelatin silver print, etc.). The paper should be a minimum of five pages, plus images that support your thesis. The presentation should be ten to fifteen minutes long with accompanying images.

- There will be two quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam to assess your understanding of the topics discussed in class.

- Two research papers of your choice will be required throughout the semester. The subject matter for your paper(s) must be submitted and approved by the instructor prior to their execution.

- Exhibitions, openings, and events are to be attended regularly independent from scheduled class trips and identified NEiA visiting lectures. View work critically and seek additional information from galleries, museums, and events when possible that will aid in the advancement your understanding of the work you are experiencing. You are encouraged to bring to class discoveries of new images, artists, or ideas. These topics will always be addressed in class or independently with the instructor. The History of Photography is a rich and complex history, and regrettably we will not be able to explore all of the many facets of this wonderful field, so information sharing inside and outside of class will add to the this course and is greatly appreciated.

- Students will be evaluated based on comprehension of reading(s), written assignments, presentation, quizzes, exams, and class participation.