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What makes modern art modern? This course covers all you've always wanted to know about modern art and never dared asking. This course offers a general introduction to modern art from 1850 to 1945. It examines key art movements from Impressionism to Surrealism in their cultural and social contexts while introducing you to art historical methodologies and key art theories.
This course provides a general introduction to Modernism, covering movements from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism. Key artists, movements and theories will be considered in their social and cultural contexts. The course will also provide an introduction to art historical methodologies.This course will investigate a range of models and practices of late-nineteenth and twentieth-century Modernism. Classes will focus on key movements and artists and will cover the dominant ‘isms’, including, but not limited to, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism. These movements will be set in their social, political and historical contexts, and will cover issues of modernity and urbanism, utopianism, stylistic imperatives, political radicalism and the two World Wars. We will also consider questions that Modernism has raised for critics, theorists and historians. The course focuses on Modernism in painting, but it will also include classes on Modernist sculpture, photography and prints.
The learning objectives of this course include: developing skills in visual analysis; developing skills in interpretation and critical thinking and understanding critical writing; developing written communication skills and oral communication through tutorial participation. Learning outcomes include: knowledge and understanding of Modernism in its wider art historical context; familiarity with canonical works of Western art from c. 1860 to c. 1945; recognition of key artistic concepts and interrelationships between artistic practices, critical debates and social and historical developments. ARTH103 provides a valuable contextual background for ARTH215: Contemporary Art.
Please note the following tutorial groups have been cancelled:Stream 3, 6, 9 and 10.
Melinda Johnston
There is no one set text for this course and readings will be posted on Learn. However, all students are strongly encouraged to read: Charles Harrison, Modernism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and Tate Gallery, 1997).
Domestic fee $619.00
International fee $2,688.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Humanities .