Seminar on Theory of Photography 1

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Subject guarantor:

Tomáš DVOŘÁK

Name of lecturer(s):

Hana Buddeus, Tomáš DVOŘÁK, Josef Ledvina

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

In its structure and themes, the seminar follows the lecture History of Photography 1. It further discusses its topics and analyses given theoretical texts.

Mode of study:

discussion; reading and interpretation of scholarly literature; presentation

the seminar is taught by Hana Buddeus and Josef Ledvina and supervised by Tomáš Dvořák

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

students most simultaneously sign up for History of Photography 1

Course contents:

01. (5/10) Introduction: theory and history of photography

02. (12/10) The Emergence of Technical Images

Geoffrey BATCHEN, „Electricity Made Visible.“ in: W. Chun - T. Keenan (eds.), New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader. New York - London: Routledge 2006, pp. 27-44.

03. (19/10) Reality-effect: photography, painting, literature

Jonathan CRARY, „Géricault, the Panorama, and Sites of Reality in the Early Nineteenth Century.“ Grey Room, 2002, no. 9, pp. 5-25.

04. (2/11) Realism and realisms

Joel SNYDER - Neil WALSH ALLEN, „Photography, Vision, and Reproduction.“ Critical Inquiry, vol. 2, 1975, no. 1, pp. 143-169.

05. (9/11) Photographic portrait and the problem of modern individuality

Allan SEKULA, „The Body and the Archive.“ October, no. 39, 1986, pp. 3-64.

06. (16/11) Photography as scientific visualization

Lorraine DASTON - Peter GALISON, „The Image of Objectivity.“ Representations, no. 40, 1992, pp. 81-128.

07. (23/11) Photographic reproductions of artworks

Walter BENJAMIN, „The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility.“ The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 2008, pp. 19-55.

08. (30/11) Photography in print, image and text

Roland BARTHES, „Rhetoric of the Image.“ Image - Music - Text, London: Fontana Press 1977, pp. 32-51.

09. (7/12) Technical relationships between photography and painting

10. (14/12) Pictorialism

Jean-François CHEVRIER. „The Adventures of the Picture Form in the History of Photography.“ in: Douglas FOGLE, The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography 1960-1982, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 2003.

Recommended or required reading:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B36pcjuZK5yyUW1rVWNzMXRBclU

see course contents for dates

Assessment methods and criteria:

attendance: students cannot miss more than 2 classes in one semester

active participation: students must read required texts before each session and discuss them in class

presentation: each student will give one c. 15 minute presentation during the semester - a critical commentary or interpretation of a given text (not its summary)

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Photography EN - Bachelor (qualification subject)