ID:
508071
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
CINEMA, FOTOGRAFIA E TELEVISIONE
Located in:
CREMONA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 23/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims to provide skills in history of photography and in contextualizing photographic objects; in a critique reading of images, and in the main topics of the theory of photography.
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- know the main periods of development of photography, through the most important authors and works (knowledge and understanding);
- recognize the elements of the language of the images through the vision of photographs (knowledge and applied understanding);
- know how to evaluate individual shots, authors and movements (independent judgment) from a historical, aesthetic and theoretical point of view;
- using a correct terminology to expose problems of history of photography and photographic language (communication skills);
- address the images of contemporaneity with adequate interpretative tools (ability to learn).
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- know the main periods of development of photography, through the most important authors and works (knowledge and understanding);
- recognize the elements of the language of the images through the vision of photographs (knowledge and applied understanding);
- know how to evaluate individual shots, authors and movements (independent judgment) from a historical, aesthetic and theoretical point of view;
- using a correct terminology to expose problems of history of photography and photographic language (communication skills);
- address the images of contemporaneity with adequate interpretative tools (ability to learn).
Course Prerequisites
General knowledge of the main historical and artistic events of the '900; basic language skills, useful for understanding complex texts.
Teaching Methods
Lectures with presentation of multimedia material and image analysis. The course consists of 36 hours of lessons.
Assessment Methods
The assessment will be done in presence through an oral test. The test aims to verify the knowledge achieved and the ability to place historically authors and photographic images within the genre of reference.
The oral exam will relate to the main authors and genres of the history of photography, as well as the topics explained during the lessons.
The following items will be taken in count in order to determine the final mark: the mastery of the subjects and the amount of references, the ability to apply the acquired knowledge, terminological precision.
The oral exam will relate to the main authors and genres of the history of photography, as well as the topics explained during the lessons.
The following items will be taken in count in order to determine the final mark: the mastery of the subjects and the amount of references, the ability to apply the acquired knowledge, terminological precision.
Texts
1. NAOMI ROSENBLUM, A World History of Photography, Abbeville Press, New York, 2008; OR GRAHAM CLARKE, The photograph, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997; 2. LUIGI GHIRRI, GIANNI LEONE, ENZO CELATI, Viaggio in Italia, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2024 (also foundable here: https://bdr.bibliotecapanizzi.it/visore2/index.php?pidCollection=Ghirri-12-Viaggio-Italia:140&v=-1&pidObject=Ghirri-12-Viaggio-Italia:140. 3. ELENA MOSCONI, Fotocamere in viaggio. I reportage odeporici nei periodici italiani degli anni Cinquanta, «Elephant and Castle», a. 35, n. 1, 2025, pp. 11-25 (https://elephantandcastle.unibg.it/index.php/eac/article/view/569/469). 4. class handouts and materials on Kiro. Not-attending students will also study 2 books within this list: - DAVID BATE, Photography. The key concepts, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016; - ROLAND BARTHES, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, Hill and Wang, New York, 2010; - SUSAN SONTAG, On Photography, Picador, London, 2001.
Contents
The course will explore the history of photography from its origins to the present days, through major authors and movements that have marked the development of the medium. Photography will be investigated as a social and cultural practice, through particularly meaningful images. Furthermore the course will reconstruct the main issues of the theoretical debate on photography. Particular attention will be paid to travel photography, a genre capable of revealing the view of the «elsewhere» and the different configurations of the landscape that change over time.
Course Language
Italian
More information
ATTENDING/NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Due to the nature of the course, class attendance is highly recommended.
All non-attending students should contact the professor AT THE BEGINNING of the course.
TEACHING METHODS
For all students, teaching will be in presence (except in cases of major force).
INCLUSIVE TEACHING METHODS
Students entitled to benefit from the inclusive teaching methods should contact the teacher in time, so as to arrange extraordinary collogues and any activities dedicated to them. The guidelines on inclusive methods is available at the link: https://portale.unipv.it/it/didattica/servizi-lo-studente/modalita-didattiche-inclusive
Due to the nature of the course, class attendance is highly recommended.
All non-attending students should contact the professor AT THE BEGINNING of the course.
TEACHING METHODS
For all students, teaching will be in presence (except in cases of major force).
INCLUSIVE TEACHING METHODS
Students entitled to benefit from the inclusive teaching methods should contact the teacher in time, so as to arrange extraordinary collogues and any activities dedicated to them. The guidelines on inclusive methods is available at the link: https://portale.unipv.it/it/didattica/servizi-lo-studente/modalita-didattiche-inclusive
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