This comprehensive survey of twentieth-century European and American art reviews and discusses all major movements from a contemporary perspective. This course covers Cubism and Dada, the Russian Avant-Garde and German Expressionism, Surrealism and the Bauhaus, American Modernism and Abstract Expressionism examined within the political and social context of each period.

The history of visual art and culture from circa 1850 into the early 20th century. This course explores the European roots of Modernism, its dissemination to North America and its global manifestations. Areas of study will include Impressionism to Art Nouveau, Women Artists of the Fin-de-Siècle, Modernism in Canada and Latin America as well as Native American and Asian Modernisms. The political, social, and intellectual histories that inform the arts as well as pertinent cross-cultural considerations will provide the context for exploring these global modernisms.