2017-2018 University Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 University Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ARTS 239 - Modernism 1920-1960 (AH)


World war, totalitarianism, and revolution form the backdrop for this study of art and artists during the middle of the 20th century. The course begins with an examination of the challenges to rationalism raised by the Dada and Surrealists groups in the context of World War I and its aftermath. The course also considers the so-called “Return to Order” that coalesced as a reaction to the shifting political landscape of the interwar years. The reemergence and eventual dominance of abstract painting at mid-century is considered in relation to the theoretical formation of modernist criticism and the tensions of the Cold War.

Credits: 1.00
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Liberal Arts CORE: None


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