Contemporary Argentinian Art

Universidad de Belgrano

Course Description

  • Course Name

    Contemporary Argentinian Art

  • Host University

    Universidad de Belgrano

  • Location

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Area of Study

    Latin American Studies, Studio Art, Visual Arts

  • Language Level

    High Intermediate, Advanced

    Hours & Credits

  • Host University Units

    60
  • Recommended U.S. Semester Credits
    4
  • Recommended U.S. Quarter Units
    6
  • Overview

    Descripción del curso:
    El curso presenta brevemente las corrientes del siglo XIX. Las primeras décadas del siglo XX y el período entre guerras traen cambios socio-culturales que se manifiestan en el arte: los pintores del Pueblo, el Grupo de París, el cubismo, el surrealismo, el arte concreto, y en arquitectura, el art nouveau, el neocolonial, el art déco, el racionalismo y el monumentalismo estilístico. Los años sesenta, de la euforia y de la rebelión, encuentran su modo de expresión en el Pop Art, la abstracción, la Nueva Figuración, el arte participativo, en el Brutalismo, el Formalismo, el estilo internacional y el Casablanquismo. La vuelta a la democracia coincide en Argentina con la irrupción del posmodernismo, el arte ecológico, la postfiguración, el arte digital, la pintura ingenua; los regionalismos y el determinismo tecnológico. El alumno se beneficiará de la cantidad de museos y de los espacios urbanos que ofrece Buenos Aires, que extenderán el espacio de la clase a la ciudad.

     

    Description of the course:

    After a brief overview of the main artistic movements of the 19th century, this course goes on to consider the socio-cultural changes occurring roughly between 1900 and 1945. These were manifested both in art - the Painters of the People, the Paris Group, Cubism, Surrealism, Concrete Art - and in architecture: Art Nouveau, Neocolonialism, Art Deco, Rationalism and Monumentalism. The euphoria and rebellion of the 1960s found their modes of expression in Pop Art and abstraction, the New Figuration Movement, Participatory Art, Brutalism, Formalism, the International Style and Casablanquismo. The return to democracy in Argentina in 1983 coincides with the advent of Postmodernism, Ecological Art, Postfiguration, Digital Art, Naive Art, Regionalism and Technological Determinism. Classes will/can be supplemented with visits to the many museums and urban spaces that Buenos Aires has to offer.

Course Disclaimer

Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.

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