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City College of San Francisco

History of Contemporary Art

City College of San Francisco via California Community Colleges System

Overview

Survey of late modern and contemporary art from 1945 to the present day. Art will be discussed and analyzed from critical and historical perspectives, formal visual elements of style, social/cultural contexts, and changing scholarship. Students will learn to identify pivotal artists, styles, and techniques and to critically analyze art within its cultural framework.

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