FOUNDATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify by name the major art movements of the 20th century. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the essential characteristics of these art movements and articulate their significance using vocabulary and concepts covered in lecture and readings. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize the role and viewpoints of key critics and theorists that shaped what is now known as contemporary art. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Formulate relationships between movements, artists, and theorists. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze the way a narrative of "Modern Art" was formed, and how that shaped who was involved (and, more importantly, excluded) from the story. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify by name the major art movements of the 20th century. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the essential characteristics of these art movements and articulate their significance using vocabulary and concepts covered in lecture and readings. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize the role and viewpoints of key critics and theorists that shaped what is now known as contemporary art. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Formulate relationships between movements, artists, and theorists. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze the way a narrative of "Modern Art" was formed, and how that shaped who was involved (and, more importantly, excluded) from the story. Audience: Undergraduate