Visual Culture of the Interwar Years

ARTH-A534 — Spring 2025

Instructor
Jeffrey Saletnik
Location
M2 100
Days and Times
TuTH 11:10a-12:25p
Course Description

Examines the creative practice of artists primarily in Germany, Russia and France from 1918-1939 with significant attention to texts that theorized social and artistic change during the interwar years. Includes the legacy of Expressionism, Dada as cultural critique, the so-called realism of the Neue Sachlichkeit, photography and cinema as new media.