Кто читает:: Школа филологических наук

Статус:: Курс по выбору

Когда читается:: 2-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Козицкая Юлия Михайловна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. Over the next five weeks, you will look at art through a variety of themes: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Each week kicks off with a video that connects works of art from The Museum of Modern Art’s collection to the theme. You will hear audio interviews with artists, designers, and curators and learn more about selected works in the additional readings and resources. MOMA (Museum of Modern Art in New York City) https://ru.coursera.org/learn/modern-art-ideas

Learning Objectives

Throughout this course you will discover how artists represent place and take inspiration from their environment, create works of art to express, explore, and question identity, use everyday objects to challenge assumptions about what constitutes a work of art and how it should be made and respond to the social, cultural, and political issues of their time through works of art.

Expected Learning Outcomes

You will be introduced to some of the overall benefits of studying modern and contemporary art through accessible and relevant themes.
You will study some of the many ways that artists represent place and take inspiration from their environment.
You will study how artists create works of art to express, explore, and question identity.
You will explore a variety of artistic and design choices, and the creative acts of inventing and transforming everyday objects.

Course Contents

Introduction to Modern Art & Ideas
Art & Identity
Frida Kahlo (Self-Portait with Cropped Hair. 1940); Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe. 1962; Pablo Picasso (Girl before a Mirror. 1932); Marc Chagall. (I and the Village (1911); Henri Matisse. The Red Studio (1911); Rineke Dijkstra. Almerisa series (1994–2008); Kara Walker (40 Acres of Mules. 2015).
Transforming Everyday Objects
Marcel Duchamp (Bicycle Wheel. 1913); Robert Rauschenberg (Bed. 1955); Meret Oppenheim (Object. 1936); Décolletage Plastique Design Team. Bic Cristal® Ballpoint pen. 1950; Louise Nevelson (Sky Cathedral. 1958); Mike Kelley (Untitled. 1990); Jessica Rosenkrantz, Jesse Louis-Rosenberg (Kinematics Dress. 2013); Doris Salcedo (Atrabilious. 1992–93); Betye Saar (Black Girl's Window. 1969).
Places & Spaces
Vincent van Gogh (The Starry Night. 1889); Piet Mondrian (Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43); Gordon Matta-Clark (Bingo. 1974); Norman Lewis (City Night. 1949); Andrew Wyeth (Christina's World. 1948); Salvador Dalí (The Persistence of Memory 1931); Claude Monet ( Water Lilies. 1914–26); Rachel Whiteread (Water Tower. 1998); Edward Hopper (House By the Railroad. 1925); Louis I. Kahn (Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Study for National Assembly Building). 1962–83); Zarina (Home is a Foreign Place.1999).

Assessment Elements

online quiz after each theme
Answer in-video questions
homework after each theme

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (3 module)
0.5 * Answer in-video questions + 0.25 * homework after each theme + 0.25 * online quiz after each theme

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Jordan, S. L. (2018). ARH 141 Introduction to the History of Modern Art. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.D356E4E9

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Cottington, D. (2005). Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford [England]: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=186562

Магистерская программа «Русская литература и компаративистика»

Modern Art and Ideas