The Cinema and Modern Art Movements

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

An examination of the history of film in relationship to the major art movements of the 20th century. Students view and analyze films by such directors as Lang, Eisenstein, Bunuel, Brakhage, and Snow; these films are discussed in the light of their connection to such influential modern art movements as German Expressionism, Russian Constructivism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Conceptual Art.