An examination of the divergent, yet related, trends in European art which herald the modern age. The various artistic movements are studied in light of the historical factors and the theoretical ideas that helped shape them. Offered every other fall. AR 1210 or 1220 or permission of the instructor. A study of major movements and artists in Europe from 1900 to 1940, and in America since 1940.
Emphasis is on art theories and visual images as a reflection of modern civilization.
Offered every fall. AR 1220 or permission of the instructor. A broad historical survey of photography from Daguerre to the present. Since the 17th century, the camera has been used by both the artist and the scientist as a tool in the exploration of the visible world. The continuity of this photographic vision is studied in the variety of images of the documentary, scientific and artistic modes of modern work.