VCULT 208Global Modern Art: 1800-1940
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Visual Culture
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
A study of the global development of modern art (1800 to 1940). Topics such as primitivism, Impressionism, Cubism, Futurism, abstraction, imperialism, colonialism, artists' reactions to calamitous world events such as World War 1, and various methodologies, including semiotic and Marxist analyses, will be explored.
Prerequisites
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Antirequisites
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Leads to
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