History of Ideas of Photography II (KSK_178)
About Study Course
Objective
To make a multilateral insight into the history of ideas, understanding of photography, and to foster students to think about the role of photography in art, society and different fields of knowledge.
Course title “History of Ideas of Photography” indicates the focus on how photography was understood in different times and cultural contexts, what ideas and opinions photo artists implemented in their works and how respective photography technology aroused ideas and opinions not only in art, but also in philosophy and different fields of science. “History of Ideas of Photography I” will cover the period of time from the invention of media to different manifestations of modernism in photography.
Prerequisites
Western political, cultural, idea and art history; idea about the general development of the history of photography; knowledge about the Latvian history, especially the 20th century.
Learning outcomes
The student knows the events that had impact on the history of Latvian photography, the development periods, and the most important persons in photography, find their way around their activity.
The student reviews, describes, analyses and interprets photographs in the context of cultural and historical events and modern visual culture.
In the material of the Latvian photography history and to be able to compare it with the development of the history of general photography; to get involved in the conversation on matters of the history and theory of photography.
