Course Contents

This course surveys key artistic movements and styles in a period of roughly one hundred years, beginning with Realism in the 1840s France and ending with Abstract Expressionism in 1950s America. Much of the course focuses on painting, though discussions of design, sculpture and photography also play an important role. This course includes the following content: Introduction of the Western Art by an overview of the following: • Christian art • The Renaissance • Baroque Art and Rococo period Detail Study of the following movements: • Neoclassicism • Romanticism • Realism • Impressionism • Postimpressionism • Expressionism The Twentieth Century: the Early Years Introduction of the following with artists reference work:  The Fauves  Expressionism  Cubism  Futurism  Early 20th century Abstraction  Fantasy and Dada  Surrealism

Course Synopsis

This detailed course will include all of the art works including ( painting, sculpture, printmaking, and installations) of the Modern Art era. Students will study the movements and experimented differences of the previous art works made by artists in detail so they can understand all of the different techniques and color pallets introduced by great artists and a general overview of their life history and pieces of art made by them.

Course Learning Outcomes

A streamlined introduction to the origins of modern art commences a wide angle of study and discussion with the students so they can find their area of interest for the research and their final examination. Traditional, academic approaches to art making are here explained in order to highlight the different movements of this era so that students will learn the history thoroughly which help them in improving their visual style of modernity in graphic design which challenges to long-held expectations about the forms artworks should take and the audiences they should address. Our students of Art and Art History can pursue their advanced study in different colleges and universities within the country as well as abroad.