ART R171 - Modern Art

    Recent Professors
    Rainer Mack
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026
    Class Size
    50 students
    Credits
    3
    Summer 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    This course is an introduction to modern Western art and architecture. It focuses on work from Europe and the Americas in the 19th and 20th centuries. It also covers global intersections and influences through this period and into the 21st century. In addition to major artists and movements, the course considers topics such as the birth of photography and film, modernism, postmodernism, and the interconnections of art with power, social change, and gender. Works of art and architecture are explored within their social and cultural contexts.