UCHUMHAR317.5 ECTSEnglishBachelor
Modern Art
Faculteit—
NiveauBachelor
Studiejaar2026-2027
Beschrijving
Course goals
After completing this course students are able to:
- Identify and understand a selection of the most important movements and figures in modern art. In doing so, students will also learn the skills necessary to engage with works produced by the makers from this period that we will not directly study (Assignment 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Grasp varying approaches to and definitions of modern art (Assignment 1, 5)
- Describe modernist works of art both formally and historically (Assignment 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Critically engage with texts through the practice of close reading, written analysis, and discussion of primary and secondary sources (Assignment 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Actively listen, provide feedback, collaborate, discuss, and present with peers (Assignment 1, 2, 3)
Content
This course examines modern art in Western Europe and the United States from the late 19th through the 21th century. It includes different movements such as impressionism, primitivism, cubism, futurism, dada, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. We will also study the legacy of modernism in contemporary art. This course seeks to understand these various movements in arts and culture as well as through their manifestations and entanglements in transcultural contexts. Together we will articulate a history that highlights connections across time and place. We should not, however, fall into the trap of believing the path we follow through this history is singularly definitive. Rather, this course plots one constellation among countless possibilities of modern art.
As part of the course, we have arranged for a number of excursions, where you might have to pay for your own entrance, so please be informed about this in advance.
Format
Tuesdays will generally be used for lectures, screenings, and related activities. Thursdays will be used for discussion sessions, which will include student presentations of readings and artworks, seminar-style discussions, and opportunities to workshop your written work. This schedule may alter from week to week so always check the syllabus and the announcements.
Excursions
As part of the course, we have arranged for a number of excursions, where you might have to pay for your own entrance, so please be informed about this in advance.
There are both individual and group excursions during the course which may include:
As part of the course, we have arranged for a number of excursions, where you might have to pay for your own entrance, so please be informed about this in advance.
Format
Tuesdays will generally be used for lectures, screenings, and related activities. Thursdays will be used for discussion sessions, which will include student presentations of readings and artworks, seminar-style discussions, and opportunities to workshop your written work. This schedule may alter from week to week so always check the syllabus and the announcements.
Excursions
As part of the course, we have arranged for a number of excursions, where you might have to pay for your own entrance, so please be informed about this in advance.
There are both individual and group excursions during the course which may include:
- Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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