Course
Art History
History of world art: from cave paintings to contemporary art and the art market
8
Modules
24
Articles
~2 h
Reading
IV
CLOs
§ 01 — Curriculum
8 modules.
Each module is a small unit. Most read in sequence — but a determined reader can begin anywhere.
- M IFrom the Cave to the RenaissanceArt as the language of civilizations: prehistoric art, Antiquity, the Middle Ages3 articles
18 minBegin → - M IIRenaissance and BaroqueThe discovery of the human being and of passions: from Leonardo to Rembrandt3 articles
18 minBegin → - M IIIThe 19th and Early 20th CenturiesRomanticism, Impressionism, the avant-garde: art discovers subjectivity3 articles
18 minBegin → - M IVContemporary ArtAvant-garde, conceptualism, and digital art: a challenge to understanding3 articles
18 minBegin → - M VClassicism, Romanticism, and Realism in 19th-Century PaintingDavid, Delacroix, Courbet and the revolution of vision3 articles
18 minBegin → - M VIEarly 20th-Century Avant-Garde: The Revolution of FormCubism, abstraction, Dadaism, and art as rupture3 articles
18 minBegin → - M VIIPostwar Art: Abstraction, Pop, and ConceptualismPollock, Warhol, Beuys, and the question “what is art?”3 articles
18 minBegin → - M VIIIContemporary Art: Market, Institutions, and the DigitalThe art market, biennials, and NFTs: who decides what counts as art?3 articles
18 minBegin →
§ 02 — Learning outcomes
4 outcomes.
CLO I
History and Styles
Navigate the major styles and movements in world art
CLO II
Artwork Analysis
Analyze works of art within their historical and cultural contexts
CLO III
Modernism and Contemporary Art
Demonstrate understanding of the transformation of art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
CLO IV
The Art Market
Navigate the structure of the art market, including pricing and collecting
§ 03 — Practices