27257 - Photography and Visual Culture (1)

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Fashion Cultures and Techniques (cod. 8772)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has historical and critical knowledge about the developments of visual arts and photography in the XX century; he is able to analyse and interpret the strategy of the world of the communication, especially for what is concerning Fashion system, in which photography plays a central role.

Course contents

- Origins and Features of Fashion Photography
- Main authors and poetics of Fashion Photography
- The construction of the photographic myth for the fashion icons

Readings/Bibliography

- C. Marra, Nelle ombre di un sogno. Storia e idee della fotografia di moda, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2004.

- F. Muzzarelli, Moderne Icone di Moda. La costruzione fotografica del mito, Einaudi, Torino 2013.

- F. Muzzarelli, L'immagine del desiderio. Fotografia di moda tra arte e comunicazione, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2009.


Teaching methods

Frontal lesson, reflection and comments about pictures

Assessment methods

Oral examination on bibliography in order to evaluate contents, specific language, critical analysis, historical and theoretical knowledge about photography and its relationships with fashion system.

Teaching tools

Ppt and video

Office hours

See the website of Federica Muzzarelli