Course Description

Survey of major artists and movements in Europe from the late nineteenth century to World War II, and subsequent developments in American Art.

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Athena Title

Modern Art

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Prerequisite

ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H

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Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

A concentrated study of the major developments in modern art since the late nineteenth century. Students will gain greater familiarity with the oeuvre of major artists, and the extent that their works define or reflect significant movements. Continuing the introductory work of ARHI2100, emphasis will be placed on the historic contexts-- political, intellectual, social--of the art covered.

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Topical Outline

I. Post-Impressionism and Symbolism II. Fauvism and Expressionism III. Cubism and Abstract Art IV. Fantastic Art, Dada, and Surrealism V. International Developments in Modern Sculpture/European Art After World War II VI. Abstract Expressionism, Color-Field and Hard-Edge Painting VII. Neo-Dada, Pop Art and Photo-Realism VIII. Minimalism, Performance Art and Site Works IX. Neo-Expressionsim, Anti-Modernism, Post-Modernism

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