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This art history video discussion looks at Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's "Composition A.XX", 1924, oil on canvas, 135.5 x 115cm (Musee national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris).
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Arts,
Humanities
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Secondary,
Post-secondary
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Smarthistory
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This course explores the history of cultural and artistic developments of the twentieth century in the Western world (Europe and the United States). The student will concentrate on major styles in painting and sculpture, including Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art, and Op-Art. The student will also discuss Modernism and Post-Modernism in architecture. The student will learn about the aesthetic ideals, systems of belief, as well as political, religious, and social conditions that these styles reflect. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: Identify the works of art of major contributors to twentieth-century art; Accurately use the visual arts vocabulary presented in this course; Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between a work of art and its cultural context (i.e. its historical, social, religious, and economic environment); Analyze, interpret, and critique works of art; Identify the basic features of each of the twentieth-century styles and discuss the main contributions that these styles made to the development of visual arts. (Art History 209)
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Arts,
Humanities
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Post-secondary
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Saylor Foundation
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