Modern Art & Ideas
The Museum of Modern Art via Coursera
Overview
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Welcome to Modern Art & Ideas! This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. Over the next five weeks, you will look at art through a variety of themes: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Each week kicks off with a video that connects works of art from The Museum of Modern Art’s collection to the theme. You will hear audio interviews with artists, designers, and curators and learn more about selected works in the additional readings and resources.
Throughout this course you will discover how artists:
-- represent place and take inspiration from their environment,
-- create works of art to express, explore, and question identity,
-- use everyday objects to challenge assumptions about what constitutes a work of art and how it should be made,
-- and respond to the social, cultural, and political issues of their time through works of art.
Through the discussion forum prompts and peer review assignment, you will also have the opportunity to connect with other learners and explore how these themes resonate with your own life and experience.
Throughout this course you will discover how artists:
-- represent place and take inspiration from their environment,
-- create works of art to express, explore, and question identity,
-- use everyday objects to challenge assumptions about what constitutes a work of art and how it should be made,
-- and respond to the social, cultural, and political issues of their time through works of art.
Through the discussion forum prompts and peer review assignment, you will also have the opportunity to connect with other learners and explore how these themes resonate with your own life and experience.
Syllabus
- Module 1: Introduction to Modern Art & Ideas
- Be introduced to some of the overall benefits of studying modern and contemporary art through accessible and relevant themes.
- Module 2: Places & Spaces
- Discover some of the many ways that artists represent place and take inspiration from their environment.
- Module 3: Art & Identity
- See how artists create works of art to express, explore, and question identity.
- Module 4: Transforming Everyday Objects
- Discover how artists use everyday objects to challenge assumptions about what constitutes art and how it should be made. Explore a variety of artistic and design choices, and the creative acts of inventing and transforming everyday objects.
- Module 5: Art & Society
- Explore works of art created in response to the social, cultural, and political issues of their time. Gain a deeper understanding of history and contemporary society. Be encouraged to think critically about world events and how they are depicted.
- Module 5: Art & Society: Lesson Choices
Taught by
Lisa Mazzola
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5.0 rating, based on 5 reviews
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Lilly Kainz completed this course, spending 5 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
I like this course a lot. I learned to see modern art "oeuvres d´art" from an other point of view. There is a lot of reading to do if you want to pass the exams. -
Amy Mor
Amy Mor completed this course, spending 4 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.
I adore this course. It's the tip of the iceberg for someone who wants to understand a little bit more about modern and contemporary art. -
Jambaldorj Batsuuri is taking this course right now, spending 5 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
thank you. There are lessons in the future.
thank you. There are lessons in the future.
interesting, useful, useful, specific lessons. I'll try hard. Thank you again. -
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