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- Course 1 of 4 in the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization
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Modern Art & Ideas at Coursera Course details
- 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.
Modern Art & Ideas at Coursera Curriculum
Module 1: Introduction to Modern Art & Ideas
Introduction to Modern Art & Ideas
Welcome to the Course!
What is Modern Art?
Suggestions for Making the Most of the Course
Resources: MoMA podcasts, art vocabulary, Magazine, and YouTube channel
Tell Us About You
Module 2: Places & Spaces
Places & Spaces
Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889
Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942?43
Gordon Matta-Clark. Bingo. 1974
Norman Lewis. City Night. 1949
Andrew Wyeth. Christina's World. 1948
Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931
Claude Monet. Water Lilies. 1914?26
Rachel Whiteread. Water Tower. 1998
Edward Hopper. House By the Railroad. 1925
Louis I. Kahn. Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Study for National Assembly Building). 1962?83
Zarina. Home is a Foreign Place. 1999
Introduction to Places & Spaces
Slideshow
In Depth: Bernd & Hilla Becher
Optional Readings & Resources
Practice Quiz
Weekly Reflection
Module 3: Art & Identity
Art & Identity
Frida Kahlo. Self-Portait with Cropped Hair. 1940
Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe. 1962
Pablo Picasso. Girl before a Mirror. 1932
Marc Chagall. I and the Village. 1911
Henri Matisse. The Red Studio. 1911
Rineke Dijkstra. Almerisa series. 1994?2008
Kara Walker. 40 Acres of Mules. 2015
Introduction to Art & Identity
Slideshow
In Depth: Frida Kahlo and Ellen Gallagher
Optional Readings & Resources
Mid-course survey
Practice Quiz
Weekly Reflection
Module 4: Transforming Everyday Objects
Transforming Everyday Objects
Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. 1913
Robert Rauschenberg. Bed. 1955
Meret Oppenheim. Object. 1936
Décolletage Plastique Design Team. Bic Cristal® Ballpoint pen. 1950
Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958
Mike Kelley. Untitled. 1990
Jessica Rosenkrantz, Jesse Louis-Rosenberg. Kinematics Dress. 2013
Doris Salcedo. Atrabilious. 1992?93
Betye Saar. Black Girl's Window. 1969
Introduction to Transforming Everyday Objects
Slideshow
In Depth: Design Objects & Marcel Duchamp
Optional Readings & Resources
Practice Quiz
Weekly Reflection
Module 5: Art & Society
Art & Society
Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother. 1936
Jacob Lawrence. Migration Series. 1940?41
Martha Rosler. House Beautiful (Bringing the War Home). 1967?72
Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954?55
Shahzia Sikander. Candied. 2003
Faith Ringgold. American People Series #20: Die. 1967
Beatriz González. Zócalo de la comedia, and Zócalo de la tragedia. 1983.
Introduction to Art & Society
Slideshow
In Depth: Spatial Information Design Lab & Jasper Johns
Optional Readings & Resources
End-of-course survey
Practice Quiz
Weekly Reflection
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