David Houston
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St.
504.539.9607 dhouston@ogdenmuseum.org
Tuesday 6:00-8:30 Ogden Museum Rotunda, 1st Level
Texts: CONCEPTS OF MODERN ART, Nikos Stangos
THEORIES OF MODERN ART, Herschel Chipp
Online readings: http://unoartnow.blogspot.com
This course is a lecture discussion class on Modern Art, placing major works and monuments in the cultural and historical context of the era.
The final grade will be assigned based on three equally weighted exams and one paper (five to six pages for undergraduates and ten to twelve for graduate students). More than one unexcused absence in a weekly course may result in the reduction of a letter grade and late assignments and exams without prior arrangements will be penalized one letter grade per day until resolved.
August 24 Introduction: What was Modernism?
31 The origins of Modern Art/ Introduction to Expressionism/Fauvism
September 7 Expressionism II: The Bridge and The Blue Rider
14 Cubism/ Futurism
21 Exam I
28 Suprematism / Constructivism
October 5 Marcel Duchamp / Dada
12 The New Objectivity/ De Stijl
19 The Bauhaus/ International Constructivism
26 Exam II
November 9 Surrealism / Photography
16 Modernist Film (Papers Due)
23 Modernism in America
30 Conclusion: Utopia and Reality in Modern Art
Exam III as scheduled
