6.1- Objectives: Modern eras – Early, Mid, Post
Understand the forces behind art of the Modern era
- The Avant-garde artists and their styles
- The influence of World War I
- Leading artists that radically changed art
- Leading composers that radically changed music
- Leading playwrights of the Modern era
- American regionalism in art, music and literature
- The American sound
- Influences of Jazz
- The Depression of the 1930s
- Fascism in Europe
- Fundamentalism in religious thought
- The influence of World War II
- The numerous advances in science and technology
Understand the forces behind the art of the Post-Modern era
- The philosophy of post —WW II
- Leading architects
- Consumer culture
- Leading artists and their styles
- Leading playwrights
- Extravaganza theatre
- Performance art
- Leading composers and their styles
- The impact women have had on the arts
- The impact that non-Western cultures have had on Western art