Unit 1: Modernism, Post-Modernism & Contemporary Art

This unit will focus on art in Europe and America from 1945 to the present (aka post-WWII).  The following topics and movements will be addressed:

  • Post-WWII Expressionism
  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Post-Painterly Abstraction
  • Color-Field Painting
  • Minimalist Sculpture
  • Pop Art
  • Superrealism
  • Neo-Expressionism
  • Feminist Art
  • Social and Political Art
  • Architecture
  • Site-Specific Art
  • Modernism
  • Post-Modernism
  • Deconstructivism
  • Performance Art
  • Conceptual Art
  • New Media

Chapter in your Gardner's textbook:  36

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