Reading

READING SCHEDULE (Please complete all the readings prior to the date for which they are assigned)

 

Art 130 Reading Schedule: Summer Session A 2024

 

WEEK 1 (June 25 & 27): Course Introduction. Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida 

Course Introduction: Tuesday, June 25

 

Tuesday, June 25: Course Introduction


Thursday, June 27Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida. Forward: p. ix-xvii. Part One: p. 3-60.

Group 1: Forward, p. ix-xvii and p. 3-7.

Group 2p. 8-21.

Group 3: p. 23-34 (up until part 15).

Group 4: p. 34-45.

Group 5: p. 47-60.

 

WEEK 2 (July 2): Thursday 4th of July Holiday. LACMA Field Trip on Saturday, July 6th. No in-person classes on campus. 


Writing Assignment (Due: Monday, July 8 by 10:00PM): This is a two-part assignment:

1) Write a 2-page paper summarizing your response to the Simone Leigh Exhibition (HERE) at LACMA.

2) Write a 2-page subjective response to your trip to LACMA. This is a personal reflection, and it can be anything that moved or interested you. Be specific. Take pictures including a selfie.

 

WEEK 3 (July 9 & 11): Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida. Walter Benjamin, On Photography.

Tuesday, July 9: Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida. Part Two: p. 63-119.  

Group 1: p. 63-72.

Group 2: p. 73-82 (up until part 35).

Group 3: p. 82-91.

Group 4: p. 92-100 (up until part 42).

Group 5: p. 100-119.

 

Thursday, July 11Walter Benjamin, On Photography. Susan Sontag, On Photography.

Group 1: Introduction, p. 7-29.

Group 2: Introduction, p. 29-47 (start at bottom of page), p. 53-57.

Group 3: p. 59-94 (21 pages of text and lots of pictures).

Group 4: p. 107-110, p. 113-117, p. 119-121, p. 123-126, p.129-131.

Group 5: p. 133-137, p. 141-142, p. 145-146, p. 147-151. Start Susan Sontag, On Photography p. 3-24.

 

WEEK 4 (July 16 & 18): Getty Center field trip on Saturday, July 20. No in-person classes on campus. 


Writing Assignment (Due: Monday, July 22 by 10:00PM): 

1) Write a 2-page subjective response to your trip to The Getty Center. This is a personal reflection, and it can be anything that moved or interested you. Be specific. Take pictures including a selfie. Discuss works of art that moved or interested you, and why. If you were especially moved by the architecture or the gardens, then right about that. Include any factual information that will make your responses more meaningful.

2) Write a 2-page response to the Camille Claudel Exhibition (HERE) at the Getty Center.

 

WEEK 5 (July 23 & 25): Susan Sontag, On Photography.

Tuesday, July 23Susan Sontag, On Photography.

Group 1: p. 27-48.

Group 2: p. 51-82.

Group 3: p. 85-112.

Group 4: p. 115-149.

Group 5: p. 153-180.

 

Thursday, July 25: Mark Sealy, Decolonising the Camera: Photography in Racial Time

Rough paper topic due: Thursday, July 25 by 6:00PM PT

Group 1: p. 106-129.

Group 2: p. 130-157.

Group 3p. 158-180.

Group 4p. 206-223.

Group 5: p. 223-240.

 

WEEK 6 (July 30 & August 1): Paper Presentations

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Research Paper DuePaper Due Saturday, August 3rd by 11:30PM PT.

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