The Art Architecture Of The Long Century

AY2020/2021 Semester 1

In this course you will discuss how we define modern, modernity, modernism, and modernization ? How do we define modern art? You will follow historical events through the works of European artists: Enlightenment, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Women Rights, Socialism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and Imperialism. Masterpieces of painting, sculpture, architecture and art criticism will be selected from the following `isms? for closer examination: Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Art Nouveau and Futurism. These topics will be discussed and critiqued in class lectures and tutorials. You will give a short 10-minute presentation and write a 2,000 word essay discussing a given topic.