ARTARCH 3782 Modern Art 1905-1960  Tags: art_history modern_art european_art  

This course investigates topics in European painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and film. Lectures and readings will address major artistic developments, including Cubism, De Stijl, Futurism, Expressionism, Dadaism, Constructivism, Surrealism, the Bauhaus, and Art Brut. Special attention will be given to debates on abstraction versus figuration in different social and historical contexts, and to the roles of technology, mechanical reproduction, and engineering in the modern age.

While some of the resources in this guide are freely available, most research databases and electronic journals and many online library services have access restrictions that require that you be a current Washington University student, faculty member, or staff member. See this page for help.

Paul Klee, German, born in Switzerland, 1879-1940, "Bird Wandering Off," 1926, The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Berggruen Klee Collection, New York; ARTstor ID MMA_IAP_10310749820 Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Reproduction of any kind is prohibited without express written permission in advance from The Metropolitan Museum of Art."

This is the library research guide for Professor Rebecca DeRoo's course Modern Art, Theory, and Criticism 1905-1960, Art History and Archaeology 3782.

Please let Kasia Leousis know if you have any questions about the guide, WU Library services, or research in art history.