A survey emphasizing the concepts entailed in the various styles of 20th century
European painting; concentration on the major movements in European painting since
post-impressionism. Emphasis on the foundational role of the School of Paris,
but also on the emergence of abstraction in Central Europe and the former Soviet
Union; rationalist and irrationalist alternatives; response to American ascendancy
after World War II; later modernism and postmodernism; problematics of nationalism
and internationalism.
Prerequisites & Notes SS II
70050: M-Th, 11 a.m.-1:10 p.m., Cohen, 119 Monroe