Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ISSUES IN EARLY MODERNISM: FAUVISM TO EXPRESSIONISM

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will explore painting, sculpture, and architecture in Europe, 1900-1925. We will consider mainstream European formalist modernism in movements like Fauvism and Cubism, considering critical issues around masters including Matisse, Picasso and Mondrain, as well as the continuing figurative tradition in the work of artists like Kirchner and Beckmann.