The history of the avant-garde

lhart2340  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

The history of the avant-garde
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Roucloux Joël;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
The course is centred on the artistic exchanges immediately before the First World War that were characteristic of an internationalisation of the avant-gardes. It examines the impact of the war and explores the new international landscape of the inter-war period. The issue of the indictment of avant-gardes by critics, by political regimes or even by the artists themselves is also covered.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 To decompartmentalise the study of modern art movements by showing their interchanges, their convergences and their conflicts within an international setting.
 
 
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
All the movements characteristic of the period 1912-1937 may be mentioned : Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Rayonism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Socialist Realism, Metaphysical Painting, Purism, Verismo, Precisionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Regionalism, 'Naïve art', etc.
Teaching methods
Encounters between artworks and the documents that locate their reception within a national and international context.
Evaluation methods
Oral presentation in class and oral examination.
Other information
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Online resources
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Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
ARKE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [60] in Philosophy

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Master [120] in Philosophy