Post on 26-Aug-2019
Dan Hackbarth, Lecturer
Tuesday and Thursday, 3:40–5:00pm, ARTS Screening Room 335
Department of the History of Art Spring ‘17
For more information on the Department of the History of Art, visit: http://arthistory.ucr.edu
Top: Hannah Hoch, The Beautiful Girl, 1920.
Right: Aleksandr Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova with a Compass, 1924
AHS 181 takes a thematic approach to the fascinating new art forms that
emerged in Europe between 1870 and 1945. Each lecture will focus on one
topic of central importance both to modern art and to our lives in 2017.
These topics include: technology; fascism; cultural appropriation; spirituality; war; city, country, and suburban
life; and Eurocentrism and globalism. Within each of these themes we will examine several different movements
(such as Impressionism, Dadaism, and Surrealism) and mediums (including painting, sculpture, photography,
and architecture). Throughout the course we will investigate the active role modern art has played in politics
and social struggles. We will also regularly consider examples of contemporary art that draws upon these early
artistic experiments. As a result, students will leave AHS 181 able to address an array of challenging material
including abstraction, performance, and experimental media.
AHS 181 — CRN 50022
MODERN ART:
1870 - 1945