Art History

If you’re interested in art history, you’ll love the Neuberger Museum of Art!

CANCELLED 6/02/08: Modern Art Survey: 1790 to Present
A survey of the history of modern art from 1790 to the present. This course examines major movements in Europe and America, including Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Symbolism, Cubism, Surrealism, abstract art, Pop Art, and conceptual art. One or two field trips to museums are included.
AAR1030.60 (Intensive) / 4 credits
Beth Gersh-Nesic
Mon.–Fri., 1:00–4:20 p.m.
Session III: June 9–27
Humanities Bldg., Rm. 1070

Introduction to Modern Art
The work of Courbet, Manet, and the circle of the Impressionists sets the stage for the revolutionary modern movements of the 20th century (e.g., Cubism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism). The course concludes with those artists who came to prominence in America at the time of World War II.
AAR2050.20 / 3 credits
Jeffrey Mueller
Tues. & Thurs., 6:30–9:10 p.m.
Session II: June 10–July 24
Humanities Bldg., Rm. 2045

Impressionism
The simultaneous development of various painters associated with Impressionism (e.g., Monet, Renoir, Morisot, Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Cassatt) is presented. This radical new art movement is traced from the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874 to the last exhibition of 1886 and the appearance of the post-Impressionists. Students explore the shared relationships of the Impressionist artists.
AAR3400.20 / 4 credits
Beth Gersh-Nesic
Mon. & Wed., 6:30–10:05 p.m.
Session II: June 9–July 23
Humanities Bldg., Rm. 2045

CANCELLED 5/22/08: Post-Impressionism
A review of the Impressionist revolution in color, technique, and subject matter, and an examination of its influence on the next generation of artists (e.g., Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, Signac, Toulouse-Lautrec). Students also explore the impact of Impressionism on the decorative art of the Nabis, particularly Bonnard and Vuillard. Class discussion includes the Symbolist movement at the end of the 19th century.
AAR3500.20 / 4 credits
Catherine Spaeth
Mon. & Wed., 1:00–4:35 p.m.
Session II: June 9–July 23
Humanities Bldg., Rm. 2062

Art of the ’80s, ’90s, and 21st Century
This courses deals with art of the moment and of the recent past. A retrospective and prospective point of view is used to analyze contemporary art, beginning with the many co-existing styles and schools of the pluralistic ’70s, progressing to the powerful neoexpressionist images of the 1980s, and then considering the globalism of the 1990s. Discussions also contemplate the increasingly provocative content of much recent art, as exemplified by the 1999 “Sensation” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, and the 21st-century fusion of existing styles like Pop and Surrealism, abstraction and representation, the literal and the virtual.
AAR3520.20 / 4 credits
Catherine Spaeth
Tues. & Thurs., 1:00–4:35 p.m.
Session II: June 10–July 24
Humanities Bldg., Rm. 2062

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Posted Feb. 20, 2008