Course Description
Painting and sculpture from Post-Impressionism to the end of World War I, the Cubo-Futurist revolution and approaches to expressionism and abstraction.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be expected to produce an extensive
research paper on specific works or issues related to the field
and the methodologies appropriate to the topic under
consideration in the course. This paper will be a detailed,
in-depth consideration of the student's chosen theme requiring
not only a demonstration of advanced research skills (including
the ability to read and use material presented in foreign
languages), but also an articulation of the student's ability to
understand and manipulate the critical apparatus of art history
in connection with Modern Art in Europe from 1886-1918.
Athena Title
EUROPE: 1886-1918
Prerequisite
Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Painting and sculpture from Post-Impressionism to the end of World War I, the Cubo-Futurist revolution and approaches to expressionism and abstraction are the focus of this course. Emphasis will be placed on the formation, aesthetic theories, and cultural dynamics of major movements (Fauvism, Cubism, Die Brucke, etc.) with particular attention to the work of Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Kirchner. This course will provide students with an understanding of the complexity and variety of artistic developments in a fertile period that lays the groundwork for subsequent modernism. Students will be tested three times over the course of the semester and submit a research paper on a common theme determined by the instructor. Exams and the paper will each constitute one-quarter of the final grade.
Topical Outline
I. Nineteenth Century: Post-Impressionism and Progressive Sculpture II. Matisse and Fauvism III. Picasso, Braque and the Development of Cubism IV. German Expressionism: Die Brucke V. German Expressionism: Der Blaue Reiter VI. Constantin Brancusi VII. Italian Futurism VIII. The Spread of Cubism: Paris IX. Piet Mondrian X. Kasimir Malevich XI. Zurich and New York Dada
Syllabus