The 20 th Century
Historical Themes Phenomenal changes in technology 1900-Dirigible 1996-Mars rover Sojourner The advent of instantaneous global communications Telegraph – Radio - Telephone – Cell Phone – Satellite Communications
Artistic Context Ambivalent attitudes toward the past (love/hate) (classical to romantic) A widening gap between "art" and "popular" music/art (Orchestra/Rock) The advent of sound recording The birth of a "World Music" culture
Some important movements Fauvism Cubism Orphism Synchromism Surrealism Symbolism Futurism Art Deco Dadaism Bauhaus De Stijl
Social Realism American Regionalism Abstract Expressionism Fluxus Neo-Dada Color Field painting Pop Art Photorealism Minimalism Lyrical Abstraction Conceptual art Neo-expressionism Appropriation art Installation art Digital art