The history of the avant-garde

lhart2340  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

The history of the avant-garde
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2020-2021 !

Teacher(s)
Roucloux Joël;
Language
French
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.
 
 
 
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

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Encounters between artworks and the documents that locate their reception within a national and international context.
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Oral presentation in class and oral examination.
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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 [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Master [60] in Philosophy

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

Master [120] in Philosophy