Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CUBISM AND THE PROBLEM OF FORM

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar will examine the cultural, social, and artistic context that led to the development of Cubism. Particular attention will be paid to the problem of form and color in the period from 1907 to 1914, as well as the reception of Cubism during the post-world war I "return to order". In addition to the work of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, the work of the so-called "Salon Cubists" will be examined (Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Andre Lhote, Henri Le Fauconnier, et al.) along with the work of Henri Matisse, Fernand Leger, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Delaunay, Le Corbusier and Amadee Ozenfant.