Art History 187 - Spring 2001
Description of the Project
"I recently taught a History of Photography (Art History 187) course at the upper division level. The de Saisset Museum has among its holdings a body of work from the distinguished photography collector and dealer, Helen Johnston. Each student was assigned to a photograph and was to analyze it in relation to the issues--historical, ethical, and aesthetic—set forth in their reading in the classroom. Because students had the opportunity to address the actual photographic artifacts in question, they were equipped with a concrete experience on which to build a deeper knowledge of the reciprocal relationship between cultural constructs and images than can be accomplished in the lecture/exam mode. Students produced a prototype didactic brochure for their assigned photograph. This assignment was so successful that a sampling of the brochures are being made available on the Museum website. Student response to this assignment was also extremely positive; on the course evaluation many singled it out as a key learning experience."
Dr. Andrea Pappas
Assistant Professor
Art and Art History
Note: The student-produced permanent collection brochures are available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print PDF files.
- Description of the project
- Dr. Andrea Pappas, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History Department
- Judy Dater
- Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite, 1974 - Lindsay Lawson
- Lewis Hine
- Interior of Cotton Mill, South Carolina, 1908 - Wei Weng
- Clarence John Laughlin
- The Auto Eroticists, 1941 - Anne Sowers
- Imogen Cunningham
- The Magnolia, 1925 - Margaret Kunk
- Pregnant Woman, 1959 - Lindsey Wylie
- Lisette Model
- Sailor and Girl, 1940 - Kristin Durkin
- Weegee
- Untitled, 1940 - Michael Christopher
- Edward Weston
- Nude, 1936 - Alicia Cave
- Brett Weston
- Untitled (Forest in Fog), 1962 - Laura Jackson
- Marion Post Wolcott
- A Member of Wilkins family making biscuits on corn-husking day, Tallyho, North
Carolina, 1939 - Ellen Caldwell