FINE 209Global Modernisms: 1940-1970

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Fine Arts

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course introduces students to a thematically, materially, and geographically varied set of art practices which developed across the world from 1940-1970 and are referred to, under different monikers, as high modernism, mid-century modernism, and more recently global modernism. These variants of global art production are explored by analyzing theoretical and aesthetic ideas, as well as art movements and styles such as Socialist Realism, Gutai, Postcolonial Modernism, Cannibalist Aesthetic, Brutalism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Négritude, Indigenous Modernism, and others.

Prerequisites

Complete 1 of the following
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
  - FINE101 - Art History and Visual Culture (0.50)
  - VCULT101 - Art History and Visual Culture (0.50)
- Students must be in level 2A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Notes

Art history course.

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Fall 2024

Sep 10, 2024 readings for COMMST 204 FINE 209 1 point, 0 comments

u/Vast_Error6153: “… and FINE 209 with Bojana Videkanic. There are assigned readings every week but I don't want to do them lol. …”

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Fall 2017

Oct 28, 2017 Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

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