Knowledge of the art-historical debate, the historical context, and the critical tradition associated with 20th-century international movements; skills in reading and analyzing, historicizing, and contextualizing works of art through direct viewing; ability to develop a presentation on a topic related to the poetics and trends of 20th-century international art.
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of 19th- and 20th-century international art history. Skills in reading and interpreting 20th-century artworks. Ability to compare historical contexts and movements.
Teaching Methods
Lecture; visit to an art exhibition; seminar led by students at the end of the course
Assessment Methods
An oral exam will assess students' knowledge of 20th-century international art. The seminar, which includes an in-depth oral PowerPoint presentation, contributes 30% of the student's final grade.
Texts
Hal Foster Rosalind Krauss David Joselit Benjamin H. D. Buchloh Yve-Alain Bois Art since 1900 Modernism Antimodernism Postmodernism, Zanichelli, 2019 et. al
Contents
The Dadaist Object and the Surrealist Object; Duchamp; Giacometti, Meret Oppenheim; poetics of New Dada and Nouveau Realism: Tinguely; Niky de Saint Phalle, Arman, César, Christo and Jeanne Claude, the Decollagists; The American Situation: Jasper Johns and Rauchenberg; International Situationism; Fluxus and George Maciunas; Joseph Beuys; Viennese Actionism; New Figuration: Lichtenstein and Warhol; Minimalism and Post-Minimalism; H. Szememan's epochal exhibition, When Attitudes Become Forms, in Bern in 1969; Arte Povera: poor actions.
