ARTH 41.02 Twentieth Century Art in Europe, 1900-1945
The rapid changes of the first half of the twentieth century inspired artistic avant-gardes in France, Germany, Italy and Russia. We will examine “avant-garde” artistic practice as a cultural phenomenon, studying individual artists and their associated movements (Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dad, Surrealism) through themes such as artistic responses to mass culture; new forms of technology; representations of sexual, racial, and class identity; and the relationship between art, nationalism, war and revolution.
Instructor
Hornstein
Cross Listed Courses
Formerly ARTH 16.22