ARTH 362: Twentieth-Century European Art

ARTH 362-001: Japonisme: Japanese Art and Its Influence on Western Modern Art
(Fall 2016)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Art & Design Building 2026

Section Information for Fall 2016

In order to grasp the overwhelming influence of Japanese art on the course of modern European art, this course will start with a short overview of Japanese art with a special focus on the Edo period and the development of the color woodblock prints—Ukiyo-e. The course will closely examine the celebrated works of such artists as Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch, James Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Gustav Klimt and many other prominent Western artists side by side with their Japanese sources to see how they inspired artists and brought electrifying new ideas. The course will illustrate that Japanese art was the main engine behind the fundamental transformation of the Western modern art which happened in the second half of the nineteenth—beginning of the twenties century. This course has no prerequisite. During the course students will write two short papers and have one (final) exam.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Study of major movements (fauvism, cubism, futurism, constructivism, surrealism, and expressionism) and important artists in 20th-century painting and sculpture. Focus may vary. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Arts
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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