Art History 244 - Modern Art: 1885-1945

This course examines the great ruptures in European art that today we call modernist. It relates aspects of that art to the equally great transformations in European society: revolutionary ferment, the rise and consolidation of industrial capitalism, colonization and its discontents, and world war. It will branch out to compare different kinds of modernisms, including those in Mexico and Russia. Among the major figures to be studied are Duchamp, Matisse, Malevich, Picasso, Rivera, Seurat, and van Gogh.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors