Twentieth Century Art to 1940

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: ARTH/MUSE 2101 (or FINH 2101); ARTH/MUSE 2111 (or FINH 2111); or permission of the Department This course examines art and architecture in Europe and North America from 1900 to 1940. It covers schools and movements including the Secession, Expressionism, The Fauves, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Abstraction, Dada, Surrealism, and Social Realism, as well as artists working independently of any formal group. It also addresses issues such as gender, psychoanalysis, myths of 'primitivism,' and the politics of colonialism and international warfare. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: FINH 3051)