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ARTH-A 543: HISTORY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY (3 credits)

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Surveys twentieth-century photography as a medium of art and communication. Considers portraiture, landscape, still life, the nude, conceptual photography, the social documentary tradition, the magazine picture story, fashion, advertising and war photography. Examines the impact of post-modern theories on photographic practice and the understanding of photography.

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