Browse Hierarchy HART5003: Themes in Modern Art

This module will focus on European and American art from ca. 1850 up to the present. The historical content to be studied may range from early modern architecture and design to realist and modernist artistic practices in central and western Europe and the United States, the areas of emphasis being determined by the module leader that year. Students will gain an understanding of all or most of the following themes: the 'modernist paradigm' and its critique; the notion of the avant-garde; alternatives to main-stream modernism; art and everyday life, popular culture and technology; art and politics; issues of gender and cultural diversity; art markets and institutions; and new artistic media. NB. Students will not be eligible for resits on this module unless they have attempted every assessment point in the module. The only exceptions (MCs etc) will be at the discretion of the module leader.