COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF XIX. CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTZ 1015 HISTORY OF XIX. CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Photography

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SADIK TUMAY

Offered to

Photography

Course Objective

The technical work of the process of emergence, invention and development of photography aims to grasp the historical and social events and the work of photographers in the historical process between 1827 and 1900.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to comprehend the technical invention researches of photography
2   Be able to comprehend the relations of photography with the social structure in the first half of the 19th century
3   Be able to understand the development of photographic technology and photo-language
4   Be able to recognize photographers and their works in the 19th century
5   Be able to discuss relationship between social history events and history of photography

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Main sources of photography history
2 Technical studies of inventors of photography
3 The aesthetic attitudes and comments of the inventors of photography
4 Nicephore Niepce and Daguerre's work
5 Features of Daguerreotype and Calotype
6 Calotype Method, H.Fox Talbot and first intervention in the photography
7 Efforts to create a unique photo aesthetic
8 Switching to portrait photography Establishing portrait tradition in Nadar and studio
9 Middle-Term exam
10 Naturalistic photography and the work of P. Henry Emerson
11 Photographic Trends - Realistic Trends and Representations in Photography
12 Symbolic tendency and representatives in photography
13 Photo-Secession Group, Alfred Siteglitz and Pure Photography Concept
14 Studies of Edward Weston and August Sander

Recomended or Required Reading

Alberto Modiano, Fotoğraf Tarihi,
- C.Oğuz Gümrükçü Fotoğrafın Kitabı, Mevsimsiz Yay, 2006
- Eduard Boubart, Fotoğraf Sanatı
- Gisele Freund, Fotoğraf ve Toplum , Sel Yayıncılık, 2007
- John Berger, Jean Mohr, Anlatmanın Başka Biçimi, Agora Kitaplığı, 2007
- Levend Kılıç, Görüntü Estetiği, YKY Yayınları
- Michel Frizot, A New History of Photography , Könemann, 1998
-- Nadi Kafalı, Siyah Beyaz ve Renkli Fotoğrafçılık, Imge Yayınları
- Özer Kanburoğlu, A dan Z ye Fotoğraf, Say Yayınları
- Susan Sontag Başkalarının Acısına Bakmak , Agora Kitaplığı, 2004
- Susan Sontag Fotoğraf Üzerine , Altıkırkbeş, 1993
- Tülin Dizdaroğlu, Alternatif Fotoğraf, Sokak Kitapları, 2012
- Victor Burgin, Fotoğrafı Düşünmek, Espas Yayın, 2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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