1907 – 1960
Age of Global Conflict

1907-1960 Age of Global Conflict


Works discussed:
Pablo Picasso, Three Women at the Spring, oil on canvas, 1921 (MoMA)
René Magritte, The Human Condition, oil on canvas, 1933 (private collection)
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie-Woogie, oil on canvas, 1943-44 (MoMA)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

 

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Susan wrote on Monday, January 18, 2010

Thank you for creating this wonderful site! I've made it a required web book in my survey course. All the best, SL, Adjunct Assistant Professor Adelphi University

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As an AP Art History student, I found this site to be incredibly useful. The amount and weight of content in the curriculum is daunting (we have to carry the Gardner's History of Art) but this site has managed to synthesize it and tie it off with a pretty bow. Thnx

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