About this course: Welcome to Modern Art & Ideas! This course is designed to help anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. Themes can provide an effective structure for engaging with art. In this course, you will explore four themes that educators at The Museum of Modern Art use frequently in their teaching: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Through videos, slideshows, and a variety of resources, readings, and activities, you will explore the content and context of works of art in MoMA’s collection. Learners will… - Explore works of modern and contemporary art through a variety of accessible and relevant themes. - Hear directly from artists about their ideas and processes. - Gain exposure to a range of digital resources available for continually engaging with works of art.
Who is this class for: This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn more about modern and contemporary art and to develop skills for closer looking. No prior knowledge of art history or museum-based teaching practice is required. Please note: If you're a classroom teacher or an educator working in an informal setting and you would like to learn about modern and contemporary art while developing pedagogical skills, we recommend you instead take the course Art & Ideas: Teaching Through Themes.
Taught by: Lisa Mazzola, Assistant Director, School and Teacher Programs
Department of Education
| Commitment | 5 weeks of study, 2 hours per week |
| Language | English, Subtitles: Italian |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Leyendo: 1.1 Introduction to Modern Art & Ideas
- Video: 1.2 Introduction to Modern Art & Ideas
- Leyendo: 1.3 Required Readings & Additional Resources
- Leyendo: 2.1 Introduction to Places & Spaces
- Video: 2.2 Places & Spaces
- Presentación de diapositivas: 2.3 Slideshow
- Leyendo: 2.3 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
- Video: 2.4 Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889
- Video: 2.5 Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43
- Video: 2.6 Gordon Matta-Clark. Bingo. 1974
- Video: 2.7 Andrew Wyeth. Christina's World. 1948
- Video: 2.8 Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931
- Video: 2.9 Claude Monet. Water Lilies. 1914–26
- Video: 2.10 Rachel Whiteread. Water Tower. 1998
- Video: 2.11 Edward Hopper. House By the Railroad. 1925
- Video: 2.12 Louis I. Kahn. Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Study for National Assembly Building). 1962–83
- Leyendo: 2.13 Required Readings & Additional Resources
- Leyendo: 3.1 Introduction to Art & Identity
- Video: 3.2 Art & Identity
- Presentación de diapositivas: 3.3 Slideshow
- Leyendo: 3.3 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
- Video: 3.4 Frida Kahlo. Self-Portait with Cropped Hair. 1940
- Video: 3.5 Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe. 1962
- Video: 3.6 Pablo Picasso. Girl before a Mirror. 1932
- Video: 3.7 Marc Chagall. I and the Village. 1911
- Video: 3.8 Henri Matisse. The Red Studio. 1911
- Video: 3.9 Rineke Dijkstra. Almerisa series. 1994–2008
- Leyendo: 3.10 Required Readings & Additional Resources
- Leyendo: 4.1 Introduction to Transforming Everyday Objects
- Video: 4.2 Transforming Everyday Objects
- Presentación de diapositivas: 4.3 Slideshow
- Leyendo: 4.3 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
- Video: 4.4 Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. 1913
- Video: 4.5 Robert Rauschenberg. Bed. 1955
- Video: 4.6 Meret Oppenheim. Object. 1936
- Video: 4.7 Décolletage Plastique Design Team. Bic Cristal® Ballpoint pen. 1950
- Video: 4.8 Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958
- Video: 4.9 Mike Kelley. Untitled. 1990
- Video: 4.10 Jessica Rosenkrantz, Jesse Louis-Rosenberg. Kinematics Dress. 2013
- Video: 4.11 Doris Salcedo. Atrabilious. 1992–93
- Leyendo: 4.12 Required Readings & Additional Resources
- Leyendo: 5.1 Introduction to Art & Society
- Video: 5.2 Art & Society
- Presentación de diapositivas: 5.3 Slideshow
- Leyendo: 5.3 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
- Video: 5.4 Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother. 1936
- Video: 5.5 Felix Gonzales-Torres. Untitled (Perfect Lovers). 1991
- Video: 5.6 Jacob Lawrence. Migration Series. 1940–41
- Video: 5.7 Martha Rosler. House Beautiful (Bringing the War Home). 1967-72
- Video: 5.8 Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954-55
- Video: 5.9 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Street, Dresden. 1908
- Video: 5.10 Shahzia Sikander. Candied. 2003
- Video: 5.11 Faith Ringgold. American People Series #20: Die. 1967
- Leyendo: 5.12 Required Readings & Additional Resources
- Leyendo: Funding & Credits
Cada curso es como un libro de texto interactivo, con videos pregrabados, cuestionarios y proyectos.
Conéctate con miles de estudiantes y debate ideas y materiales del curso, y obtén ayuda para dominar los conceptos.
Obtén reconocimiento oficial por tu trabajo y comparte tu éxito con amigos, compañeros y empleadores.
A mine of wonderful course material and some great learning!
It is good but I thought of it too short. I would have loved to see more artworks for every theme.
It was good, not a must but good enough to use your time on if you are an art lover.
Very complete course, with a lot of information and clear ideas about art in diferent ways of thinking.
PC
This course deserves 5 stars except for the final examination submission. There were two descriptions of what the 2 essays should contain, one in the page before the submission and one in the submission page. They were different. Then when one submits the photo of the work of art in the 2nd essay, the title and "caption" are described as optional. I saw that many people did not submit a "caption" (which is where you are supposed to put the essay)... however when you are asked to rate their submissions... there is nothing for you to rate since there is only a photograph of a work of art. You don't know what category it belongs to nor what they think about it. It is really too bad that they will not be graded properly... especially if they paid for the course.