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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
History of Photography 2 FGB118 Compulsory Bachelor's degree 1 Spring 2

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çağatay GÖKTAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Explaining the history of 20. century photography
2) Examining the milestones of art photography from beginning of 20. century to 1960’s.
3) Get well-informed about the reputed photographers and their works of 20. century.
4) Explaining the development of the image technology in 20. Century.
5) Examining the relationship of art of photography with other arts disciplines.
6) Explaining the function, importance and professional roles of photography within the mass media.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

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Mode of Delivery

e-course

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

History of Art

Course Contents

The lesson historically and theoretically look at the photography which had steps from beginning of 20. century to 1960’s. On the one hand examining the role of photography in the context of Impressionism, Kubism, Futurism, Dadaism, Constructivism, Bauhaus, Surrealism, Pop Art and Conceptual Art, on the other hand focus on commercial and artistic development of Document, Press, War, Street, Portrait, Studio and Advertising Photography.

Weekly Schedule

1) Empresyonizm ve Fotoğraf Impressionism and Photography
2) 20. Yüzyıl Avangart Sanat Akımlarında Fotoğraf Sanatı: Kübizm, Fütürizm Art of Photography in 20. Century Avant-Garde: Kubism, Futurism
3) 20. Yüzyıl Avangart Sanat Akımlarında Fotoğraf Sanatı: Dadaizm Art of Photography in 20. Century Avant-Garde: Dadaism
4) 20. Yüzyıl Avangart Sanat Akımlarında Fotoğraf Sanatı: Konstrüktivizm ve Bauhaus Art of Photography in 20. Century Avant-Garde: Constructivism and Bauhaus
5) 20. Yüzyıl Avangart Sanat Akımlarında Fotoğraf Sanatı: Sürrealizm Art of Photography in 20. Century Avant-Garde: Surrealism
6) Pop Sanatı ve Fotoğraf Pop Art and Photography
7) Kavramsal Sanat ve Fotoğraf Conceptual Art and Photography
8) Ara Sınav Midterm Exam
9) Belgesel Fotoğraf: Yalın/Doğrudan Fotoğraf Anlayışı Documentary Photography: The Movement of Pure/Straight Photography
10) Modern Fotojurnalizm ve Fotoğraf Ajansları Modern Photojournalizm and Photo Agencies
11) Basın ve Savaş Fotoğrafçılığı Press and War Photography
12) Sokak Fotoğrafçılığı Street Photography
13) Portre Fotoğrafçılığı Portrait Photography
14) Stüdyo Fotoğrafçılığı Studio Photography
15) Reklam Fotoğrafçılığı Advertising Photography
16) Dönem Sonu Sınavı Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- A New History of Photography, Derleyen: Michel. A Frizot, Köneman, Paris, 1998 Göktan, M. Çağatay. Fotoğraf Tarihi, Bölüm No: 6. “Yirmi Birinci Yüzyıla Doğru Fotoğraf Sanatı”, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ağustos 2015: 130-166. Levend Kılıç, Fotoğraf Tarihi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir, 2011 Walter Benjamin, Pasajlar, Çev: Ahmet Cemal, YKY, İstanbul, 1993 Açık Kapı Fotoğraf Belgeseli, İspanyol Televizyonu Yapımı (1990), Çev: Simber Atay, 1992 Susan Sontag, Fotoğraf Üzerine, Çev: Reha Akçakaya, Altıkırkbeş Yay., İstanbul, 1993 The Photography Book, Phaidon, London, 1997 Sturken, Marita ve Cartwright, Lisa (2009) Practices of Looking: An Tim N. Gidel, Modern Photojournalism: Origin and Evolution, 1910 – 1933, Macmillan Publishing Co.,Inc., New York, 1973 Peter Burke, Afişten Heykele, Minyatürden Fotoğrafa Tarihin Görgü Tanıkları, Çev: Zeynep Yelçe, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2003 Art of the 20th Century, Taschen, Germany, 1998 Rosenblum, Naomi, A World History of Photography, 3rd Edition, Abbeville Press, New York, 1997 Galassi, Peter, Before photography : painting and the invention of photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Demonstration
5) Simulation
6) Brain Storming
7) Problem Solving


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

40%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required