Contemporary Art
Issued by
Belmont University
Contemporary Art offers an overview of the transformation of modern art. During this course, learners look at contemporary issues through the lens of art. They discuss debates about originality, multiculturalism, and globalization, the art market in an age of free trade, and the intersection of art and politics in an age of “democratic backsliding.”
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Creativity and Expression
- Critical Thinking And Analysis
- Cultural Awareness
- Describe modern art from the perspective of the artists that shaped its development
- Discuss debates about originality and appropriation in contemporary art
- Discuss key trends in public art over the past 50 years
- Discuss some of the critiques of the art market and the ways that artists have taken up these critiques
- Discuss the ways that the culture wars have shaped contemporary art
- Explain modern art's relevance to contemporary art
- Identify and discuss the work of artists who have made the art market central to their work
- Identify key artists who have used appropriation over the past fifty years
- Identify key controversies about public art
- Identify key controversies involving art and politics
- Identify key themes in the art of the modern era
- Recognize the tension between appropriation as an artistic pursuit and legal regimes governing copyright
- Recognize the ways that these debates have changed over the past 30 years
- Research and Writing
- Visual Literacy