HUMN4260 - 02 - Modernism In The Arts

This course examines the development of Modernism as a creative explosion of revolutionary ideas and forms that responded to the tumultuous events of the first half of the 20th century in Europe and the United States. While visual art will be the central focus, Modernism will be seen through a wider lens that incorporates music, literature, poetry, theater and dance as contributing forms of the “new modern.” Indeed, the constant exchange of ideas between painters, writers, poets, composers, choreographers and playwrights can be seen as the soul of Modernism.