Students explore 19th and 20th century art movements, beginning with the development of the European avant-garde in the 19th century. Students learn to analyze, compare, and discuss artworks, concerns of the artists and the institutions of art, contextualized within the milieu of the time. Students expand their knowledge of Modernism's artistic developments, concerns, and motifs, examining connections to current ideas of design, art practice and art institutions.
Students explore 19th and 20th century art movements, beginning with the development of the European avant-garde in the 19th century. Students learn to analyze, compare, and discuss artworks, concerns of the artists and the institutions of art, contextualized within the milieu of the time. Students expand their knowledge of Modernism's artistic developments, concerns, and motifs, examining connections to current ideas of design, art practice and art institutions.