Modern Art

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Cursusdoel

After completing this course students are able to:
  1. Identify and understand a selection of the most important movements and figures in modern art. In doing so, students will also learn the skills necessary to engage with works produced by the makers from this period that we will not directly study (Assignment 2, 3, 4)
  2. Grasp varying approaches to and definitions of modern art (Assignment 1)
  3. Describe modernist works of art both formally and historically (Assignment 2, 3, 4)
  4. Critically engage with texts through the practice of close reading, written analysis, and discussion of primary and secondary sources (Assignment 2, 3, 4)
  5. Actively listen, provide feedback, collaborate, discuss, and present with peers (Assignment 1, 2,3)

Vakinhoudelijk

This course examines modern art in Western Europe and the United States from the late 19th through the 21th century. It includes different movements such as impressionism, primitivism, cubism, futurism, dada, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. We will also study the legacy of modernism in contemporary art. This course seeks to understand these various movements in arts and culture as well as through their manifestations and entanglements in transcultural contexts. Together we will articulate a history that highlights connections across time and place. We should not, however, fall into the trap of believing the path we follow through this history is singularly definitive. Rather, this course plots one constellation among countless possibilities of modern art.

As part of the course, we have arranged for a number of excursions, where you might have to pay for your own entrance, so please be informed about this in advance.


Format
Tuesdays will generally be used for lectures, screenings, and related activities. Thursdays will be used for discussion sessions, which will include student presentations of readings and artworks, seminar-style discussions, and opportunities to workshop your written work. This schedule may alter from week to week so always check the syllabus and the announcements.

Excursions
As part of the course, we have arranged for a number of excursions, where you might have to pay for your own entrance, so please be informed about this in advance.
There are both individual and group excursions during the course which may include:
  • Centraal Museum, Utrecht
  • Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
  • Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Werkvormen

UCU course

Toetsing

Class participation

Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75

Exhibition poster and presentation

Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5

Presentation of the exhibition project

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Final exhibition submission

Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 3

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Niet verplicht

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Er moet voldaan zijn aan de cursus:

Voorkennis

Er is geen informatie over benodigde voorkennis bekend.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Competenties

  • Academisch schrijven
  • Internationale en interculturele oriëntatie
  • Kritisch lezen
  • Onderzoeksvaardigheden
  • Presenteren
  • Samenwerken

Cursusmomenten

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Tentamens

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Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
BOEK H.H. Arnason and Elizabeth Mansfield, History of Modern Art, London 2013 (only 7th edition!) ISBN-13: 978-0205259472 ISBN-10: 0205259472

Aanbevolen materiaal

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Coördinator

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Docenten

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Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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