Summer 2023 Barnard Precollege: ARTP BC0007 section 007

History of Photography 1839-1945

History of Photography

Call Number 00087
Day & Time
Location		 MTWR 9:30am-12:00pm
To be announced
Day & Time
Location		 R 2:00pm-4:30pm
To be announced
Points 0
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the big questions associated with photography
and its history as an art form, a technology, and a mode of social and cultural communication. By
the end of this course, students will have a rich understanding of the history of the emergence of
photography and photographic theory. They will be able to engage with aesthetic, technological,
and social discourses surrounding photography’s invention and development from 1839 through
the second World War. Students will be able to relate theory with the practice of photography,
and understand the roles photography plays in the histories of art, society, and communication.

Web Site Vergil
Subterm 07/03-08/11 (B)
Department Pre-College Program (Barnard)
Enrollment 0 students (20 max) as of 5:05PM Friday, May 9, 2025
Subject Barnard Precollege: ARTP
Number BC0007
Section 007
Division Barnard College
Campus Barnard College
Note this class will only run from 7/24-8/11
Section key 20232ARTP0007S007