ART 109 - History of Contemporary Art

    Recent Professors
    Alexandra L. Lyon, Ashley L. Gardini
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    ESL 188 Survey of late modern and contemporary art from 1945 to the pres- ent day. Art will be discussed and analyzed from critical and historical perspectives, formal visual elements of style, social/cultural contexts, and changing scholarship. Students will learn to identify pivotal artists, styles, and techniques and to critically analyze art within its cultural framework. UC/CSU