MCCCD Program Description

History of Modern Art

Course: ARH112

First Term: 2018 Fall

Lecture 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S - Standard Load

Description: Development of and significant aspects of modern art since the mid-nineteenth century. Emphasis on modern art`s relationship to socio-political and aesthetic developments, new media and the rise of mass culture.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify and apply common methods of art historical research. (I) 2. Explain the shifting definitions of modern art and the avant-garde as they relate to social, historical and political contexts of the period. (I-XIV) 3. Describe the characteristics of major movements in art since the mid-19th century. (II-XIV) 4. Categorize key artworks by artist, style and historical period or movement. (III-XIV) 5. Analyze new forms, media and content in art and visual culture of the 19th and 20th centuries. (III-XIV) 6. Compare and contrast the art of various cultures using relevant critical and historical terminology. (I, III-XIV) 7. Trace the chronology of revolutions in art theory and practice from modernism to postmodernism. (I-XIV)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Art history methodology A. Formal analysis and visual elements B. Contextual analysis C. Interpretation and criticism II. What and when is "modern" A. Definitions and origins B. Emergence of the avant-garde C. Social, political and artistic influences III. Late 19th century Europe A. Impressionism B. Postimpressionism C. Symbolism D. Secessionism and Art Nouveau E. Sculpture IV. Expressionism A. Fauvism B. Pre-German Expressionism C. German Expressionism V. Paris and the "Primitive" A. Matisse and Picasso B. School of Paris C. Africanism VI. From Cubism to Abstract Art A. Cubism B. Followers of Cubism C. Neo-Plasticism D. Suprematism E. Constructivism and Productivism F. Machine Aesthetic VII. Dada, Fantasy and Surrealism VIII. Architecture and Design A. Bauhaus B. Wright C. LeCorbusier D. International Style IX. Modern Sculpture X. American Modernism before World War II A. Precisionism B. Photography C. Mexican Muralism D. Regionalism and Social Realism E. Toward American Abstraction XI. Mid-20th century art A. Abstract Expressionism B. Art Informel C. Neo-Dada D. New Realism E. Pop Art F. Post-Painterly Abstraction G. Op Art H. Minimalism XII. Conceptual and Activist Art A. Art and Language B. Fluxus and Performance Art C. Video Art D. Feminist Art XIII. Post-Minimalism A. Site-specific art B. Process Art C. Realism, Superrealism and Photorealism XIV. Postmodernism and contemporary directions

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 27, 2018

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