Introduction to Modern Art & Ideas

Welcome to the Course!

What is Modern Art?

Suggestions for Making the Most of the Course

MoMA Resources

Tell Us About You

Places & Spaces

Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889

Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43

Gordon Matta-Clark. Bingo. 1974

Norman Lewis. City Night. 1949

Andrew Wyeth. Christina's World. 1948

Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931

Claude Monet. Water Lilies. 1914–26

Rachel Whiteread. Water Tower. 1998

Edward Hopper. House By the Railroad. 1925

Louis I. Kahn. Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Capital of Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladesh (Study for National Assembly Building). 1962–83

Zarina. Home is a Foreign Place. 1999

Introduction to Places & Spaces

Slideshow

In Depth: Bernd & Hilla Becher

Optional Readings & Resources

Weekly Reflection

Practice Quiz

Places & Spaces

Art & Identity

Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair. 1940

Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe. 1962

Pablo Picasso. Girl before a Mirror. 1932

Marc Chagall. I and the Village. 1911

Henri Matisse. The Red Studio. 1911

Rineke Dijkstra. Almerisa series. 1994–2008

Kara Walker. 40 Acres of Mules. 2015

Introduction to Art & Identity

Slideshow

In Depth: Frida Kahlo and Ellen Gallagher

Optional Readings & Resources

Mid-course survey

Weekly Reflection

Practice Quiz

Art & Identity

Transforming Everyday Objects

Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. 1913

Robert Rauschenberg. Bed. 1955

Meret Oppenheim. Object. 1936

Décolletage Plastique Design Team. Bic Cristal® Ballpoint pen. 1950

Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958

Mike Kelley. Untitled. 1990

Jessica Rosenkrantz Jesse Louis-Rosenberg. Kinematics Dress. 2013

Doris Salcedo. Atrabilious. 1992–93

Betye Saar. Black Girl's Window. 1969

Introduction to Transforming Everyday Objects

Slideshow

In Depth: Design Objects & Marcel Duchamp

Optional Readings & Resources

Weekly Reflection

Practice Quiz

Transforming Everyday Objects

Art & Society

Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother. 1936

Jacob Lawrence. Migration Series. 1940–41

Martha Rosler. House Beautiful (Bringing the War Home). 1967–72

Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954–55

Shahzia Sikander. Candied. 2003

Faith Ringgold. American People Series #20: Die. 1967

Beatriz González. Zócalo de la comedia and Zócalo de la tragedia. 1983.

Introduction to Art & Society

Slideshow

In Depth: Spatial Information Design Lab & Jasper Johns

Optional Readings & Resources

End-of-course survey

Weekly Reflection

Practice Quiz

Art & Society

Written Reflection

Curate a Set of Images