NPTEL : NOC:Introducing Modern Western Art: Movements and Artists (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof.Soumik Nandy Majumdar


Lecture 1 - What is Modern Art?

Lecture 2 - Pre-history of Modern Art

Lecture 3 - Chronology of Modern Western Art

Lecture 4 - Beginning(s) of Modern Art – 1 (Romanticism and Realism)

Lecture 5 - Beginning(s) of Modern Art – 2 (Impressionism and Post - Impressionism)

Lecture 6 - Fauvism and Matisse

Lecture 7 - Cubism and Picasso

Lecture 8 - Futurism and Dada-ism

Lecture 9 - Surrealism

Lecture 10 - German Expressionism

Lecture 11 - Rodin – the precursor of Modern Sculpture

Lecture 12 - From Figuration to Abstract (Henry Moore and Brancusi)

Lecture 13 - Pure Abstract Sculpture (Constructivism and Minimalism)

Lecture 14 - Introspection and Innovations (Giacometti and Calder)

Lecture 15 - Outdoor Sculpture and Public Art

Lecture 16 - Abstract Painting (Picasso, Paul Klee, Mondrian)

Lecture 17 - Abstract Expressionism

Lecture 18 - Art and Optical Science: Op Art

Lecture 19 - Art and the Mass Culture: Pop Art

Lecture 20 - Contemporary Trends: Breaking the Barriers