ART 265 - Introduction to Contemporary Art

1. Students will learn to identify the major figures and movements in Western art from the 1940s through the 1990s.
2. Students will develop a knowledge of the major critical theories and principles which have informed artmaking since the 1040s.
3. Students will learn to analyze the relationship between contemporary art forms and the particular social, political and economic circumstances in which they were produced.
4. Students will learn the basic research and critical skills necessary to write about contemporary works of art.