ART 244: MODERN ART 1885-1945
Prof. Anthony W. Lee       Office: Art 209
Office hour: Mon, 10-11 and by appt.    x2243, awlee
TTh 8:35-9:50 Spring 07  
 
Class Schedule

 

All readings refer to the course texts. PCA=Prmitivism, Cubism, Abstraction; RRS=Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism.

 
Week 1 (Jan 30/Feb 1) Introduction
   
Week 2 (Feb 6/8) Impressionism and its discontents
 
Week 3 (Feb 13/15) Symbolists at the end of the century
Read: PCA, 3-45
Image set: Post-Impressionism
NO CLASS on Thursday, 2/15
     
Week 4 (Feb 20/22)

The Fauves and the early 20c
Read: PCA, 46-82
Image set: Matisse and the Fauve
     
Week 5 (Feb 27/ Mar 1) Cubism and the new world order
Read: PCA, 87-180
Image set: Picasso and Cubism
     
Week 6 (Mar 6/8) The Russian experiment
Read: PCA, 228-249; RRS, 87-138
Image set: The Russian Experiment
     
Week 7 (Mar 13/15) Midterm
     
Week 8 (Mar 20/22) No class; Mid-semester Break
     
Week 9 (Mar 27/29) Abstraction as a way of life
Read: PCA,185-228, 250-262
     
Week 10 (Apr 3/5) A Mexican public art
Image set: Mexican Public Art
     
Week 11 (Apr 10/12) The political critique of Dada
Read: RRS, 3-47
Image set: Dada Dandies
     
Week 12 (Apr 17/19) A call for order (and chaos)
Read: RRS, 47-61
No class on Thurs, April 19
     
Week 13 (Apr 24/26) The Surrealist image
Read: RRS, 171-247
Image set: The Surrealist Imagination
     
Week 14 (May 1/3) American dreams
Read: RRS, 251-264
Image set: American Dreams
     
Week 15 (May 8) Conclusion
     

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