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Charting the Avant Garde: From Romanticism to Utopic Abstraction

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Modern Art, Postmodern Art, Painting, Sculpture, Photography

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Course Description

This first course in the Touring Modernism: From the French Avant-Garde to American Pop and Beyond program covers the 19th century movements of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. These movements eventually set the stage for the radical expressions of Post Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, and the pure abstraction of Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Malevich, all of which pushed the boundaries of rebellion into new heights.




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This course is in adaptive mode and is open for enrollment. Learn more about adaptive courses here.

Session 1: Rebellion in the 19th Century: Avant-Garde to Realism (March 28, 2024)
This session will survey the rebellious art movements of the Avant-Garde, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism.
9 lessons
1. Course Introduction
2. Revolutionaries and the Avant Garde!
3. Neo-Classicism
4. Women Painters of Neo-Classicism
5. Introducing Romanticism
6. More Romanticism! (Premium Exclusive)
7. Realism
8. Realism of the Bourgeoisie
9. Interview with Gloria Groom (Premium Exclusive)
Session 2: Form and Color in Painting: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (April 4, 2024)
This session will go over the beginnings of landscape painting and its transition into Impressionism. We’ll also take in-depth looks into Post-Impressionist artists like Cézanne to Gauguin.
10 lessons
1. The Rise of Landscape Painting (Premium Exclusive)
2. Impressionism (Premium Exclusive)
3. Interview with Liz Siegel Part 1 (Premium Exclusive)
4. Post-Impressionism: Seurat (Premium Exclusive)
5. Post-Impressionism Cézanne (Premium Exclusive)
6. Post-Impressionism Van Gogh (Premium Exclusive)
7. Post Impressionism: Gauguin (Premium Exclusive)
8. Interview with Douglas Druick (Premium Exclusive)
9. Interview with David Getsy Pt 1 (Premium Exclusive)
10. Interview with David Getsy Pt 2 (Premium Exclusive)
Session 3: The 20th Century Explodes: Fauvism to German Expressionism (April 11, 2024)
In this session, we’ll see how colors became bolder and brighter and see the shift in the representation of structure and form throughout the Fauvism, Cubism, and German Expressionism movements.
9 lessons
1. Fauvism: Vlaminck and "the Primitive!" (Premium Exclusive)
2. More Fauvism: Derain, Braque, and Henri Matisse (Premium Exclusive)
3. The Legend of Picasso (Premium Exclusive)
4. Interview with Delinda Collier (Premium Exclusive)
5. Cubism (Premium Exclusive)
6. German Expressionism (Premium Exclusive)
7. Interview with Annie Bourneuf (Premium Exclusive)
8. More with Annie Bourneuf (Premium Exclusive)
9. The Degenerate Art Show (Premium Exclusive)
Session 4: Utopia and Progress: Abstraction to Futurism (April 18, 2024)
This session will explore artists’ desire for progress and idealized revolutions through the emergence of Abstraction.
8 lessons
1. Der Blaue Reiter (Premium Exclusive)
2. Kandinsky and the Rise of Abstraction (Premium Exclusive)
3. Holland and Piet Mondrian (Premium Exclusive)
4. Mondrian and the De Stijl Movement (Premium Exclusive)
5. Russian Modernism - Kazimir Malevich (Premium Exclusive)
6. Vladimir Tatlin (Premium Exclusive)
7. More Russian Art: El Lissitzky and Others (Premium Exclusive)
8. The Italian Futurists (Premium Exclusive)
Learning Outcomes

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Please note: Taking part in a Kadenze course For-Credit or as a Premium Member, does not affirm that a student has been enrolled or accepted for enrollment by School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Taking part in this course For-Credit offers credit that is recognized by School of the Art Institute of Chicago, should the Kadenze student be accepted for enrollment in the future.

Students who are currently enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are not eligible to receive credit for this course.

In order to receive college credit for these program courses, you must successfully complete and pass all 3 courses in this program. If a student signs up for the Touring Modernism: From the French Avant-Garde to American Pop and Beyond program, it is recommended that these courses are taken sequentially.

*Partial credit will not be awarded for completion of only one course.

*SAIC has a NC/NCR system - a letter grade will not be provided on transcript.

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