Connie Densmore, MA, ABD teaches Modernism Art History (1850-1940). The instructors main goal for this course is for students to learn the elements of the modernism art movement such as the background of modernism; what art movements influenced the development of modernism; and Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Fauvism, Die Brucke, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Bauhaus, Der Blaue Reiter, Orphism, Constructivism, Dada, De Stijl, Purism, Precisionist, Die Neue Sachlichkeit, Surrealism, and Social Realism art movement.
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Course Description
You do not need to be an art critic or scholar to be able to study art history. Art history has an aesthetic value, which means the beauty and meaning is in the eyes of the beholder.
This course is designed to lead you through the art movements within modernism, the artists involved in the art movements, bring new perspectives into your life, and in the end you will have the knowledge to critic and appreciate art works from the modernism period.
The goal of each lesson of this course is to learn the elements, styles, and techniques of the modernist artists in several styles that are with the modernist art movement.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1: 1850-1900 Modernism Background
Learn about the background of Modernism
Lesson 2: 1880-1900 Symbolism and Art Nouveau
Learn about Symbolism and Art Nouveau
Lesson 3: 1901-1910 Fauvism, Die Brucke, and Expressionism
Learn about Fauvism, Die Brucke, and Expressionism
Lesson 4: 1911-1920 Cubism, Futurism, and Bauhaus
Learn about Cubism, Futurism, and Bauhaus
Lesson 5: 1911-1920 Der Blaue Reiter, Orphism, and Constructivism
Learn about Der Blaue Reiter, Orphism, and Constructivism
Lesson 6: 1911-1920 Dada, and De Stijl
Learn about Dada and De Stijl
Lesson 7: 1911-1940 Purism, Precisionist, and Die Neue Sachlichkeit
Learn about Purism, Precisionist, and Die Neue Sachlichkeit
Lesson 8: 1921-1930 Surrealism
Learn about Surrealism
Lesson 9: 1921-1930 Social Realism
Learn about Social Realism
Lesson 10: 1850-1940 Modernism
Learn about Modernism as a whole
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This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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