Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: AVANT GARDE AND AFTER: ART IN EUROPE, 1900-1945

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This class surveys European art from roughly 1900-1945, paying particular attention to the social contexts in which this work emerged and the interpretive strategies that have been used to understand it. Among the topics to be considered are Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Dada, and Surrealism, as well as the reaction against these by emergent authoritarian regimes of the 1930s. Graduate students will be assigned additional readings. We will meet an additional two to three times to discuss the readings. In addition, a research paper will be due at the end of the semester. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 305. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 505 if student has credit for HART 305.