Photography 3 - Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau was a French photographer largely responsible for the classic era of European photojournalism along with his colleague Henri-Cartier Bresson. He made some incredibly iconic images from the 1930s to the 1950's including his famous "Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall)". Raised with formal art training, Doisneau worked as a successful photographer for publications including LIFE magazine and was an early Magnum Associate.

Photography 2 - Bettina Rheims

Bettina Rheims' photographic career began in 1978, when she took a series of photos of a group of strip-tease artists and acrobats, which would lead to her first exhibitions. This work would unveil Bettina Rheims' favourite subject, the female model, to which she would frequently return during her career. "I love the flesh. I am a photographer of the skin".

The 1980s provided Bettina Rheims with the opportunity to take several portraits of both famous and unknown women, resulting in the publication of Female Trouble (1989).

In 1982, the Animal series enabled her to train her lens on another form of nudity: that of stuffed animals with fixed stares, "which seemed to want to express something beyond death". "I had to capture their gaze" declared the photographer.

With Modern Lovers (1989-1990) [note] the photographer questioned gender, androgyny and transsexuality. Two other publications on the same subject followed: Les Espionnes (1992) and Kim (1994).

Photography 1- Raymond Depardon

Exhibition « Raymond Depardon, a sweet moment », Grand Palais (14 November 2013 -- 10 February 2014) Interview with the artist in January 2014 (full version). Raymond Depardon granted an exclusive interview to the Louis Roederer Foundation during his exhibition 'A Sweet Moment' at the Grand Palais. Colour, black and white, and the sweeter side of life in a world of hardship and conflict ... this duality is central to Depardon's enigmatic work.

Laurie Anderson. September 19-20, 2001. In New York.

The Eyes of the Poor, according to Robert Smith

MID-TERM Exam.

Information: Deadline: Sunday, April 5, at 11: 59 PM - Paris.
Send your document in Word format or in PDF at caosmosis2005@yahoo.es


EXAM


Total: 50 points.

You have to write:

A. Two small essays from the book chapters seen in class: 17.5 points each for a total of 35 points; you need to write both essays.

Essay 1. The French Revolution. Write about its economic and political causes. What were the consequences of this Revolution for France, and for the European continent? (Between 10 and 15 sentences).

Essay 2. The World War I. Economic and political causes. Consequences for Europe. (Between 10 and 15 sentences).

B. One small essay about the support materials seen in class.
You have to choose between Renoir’s Two Sisters and Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain. Write between 10 and 15 sentences. (15 points in total.)

• If you choose The Two Sisters, please analyze it in relation to the invention of photography.
• If you choose the Fountain, please analyze it in relation to the categories art/life. Remember to write about the role of art institutions as well.

Instructions (Materials for our class - March 27, 2020).

Instructions (Materials for our class - March 27, 2020). 

Hello. 

Here I will try to connect all the texts and videos for week 7
(I might reconnect with some concepts I mentioned in week
5: the last time we met “in person”). 

Between the weeks 5 and 7, the syllabus starts speaking
more about History of Arts, Cinema, Literature, and Philosophy. 

I would like you to follow these steps: 

1. A movie about WWI: Jules et Jim. Watch the trailer in the Blog.
(You can watch it in case you want to write your final paper
about it. The movie is not available on line. You should have
to rent it -or buy it- in Amazon.com)

2. Another option, if you are interested in WWI, is
La Grande Illusion, Renoir’s classic.Watch the trailer in the Blog.
  It is not available, and you should have to rent or buy it.

3. Read (from week 5, in the Blog) the Manifesto of Surrealism, by André Breton. 
Try to connect Breton’s “instructions” for the new Literature with
the narrative (or “anti-narrative”) style of An Andalusian Dog
(the movie by Buñuel and Dalí).

4. The main inheritor of the surrealist movement after WWII is Antonin Artaud.
Read the poem “The Nerve Metter” in the blog, and try to connect it
with Breton’s main ideas. If you want to write your final paper about
Artaud and Surrealism, you can watch the documentaries I posted in
the blog (Antonin Artaud - Documentary; and Antonin Artaud -
The Nerve Metter video). 


5. After World War II: the main intellectual figure after the liberation
of Paris from the Nazis was Jean Paul Sartre. Take a look at the
synthesis of his book Existentialism is a Humanism.
(In the blog: Sartre, week 7). If you are interested in knowing more
about Sartre, you can follow the link at the bottom of the post. 


6. Another very important figure was Simone De Beauvoir. Her book
The Second Sex is a cornestone for Feminist Theory. Take a look
at it in the Blog. If you want to write your final paper from a Feminist
perspective, this author whould be your main reference.
(In the Blog: Week 7 - Simone De Beauvoir)

7. Story of Women (watch the trailer in the Blog). A movie about
abortion in the post WWII in France. You could write your final
paper analyzing this movie from the Feminist perspective.