Description
Arguably modernism was always driven by transcultural dynamics, even if art history remained stubbornly national. In this module we will engage with the challenges of a planetary outlook on modern art, architecture and aesthetics. In place of national surveys and further additions to the European canon, we will think about points of contact, appropriation and circulation in the art, architecture and aesthetics of Europe, East Asia and Africa between c. 1850–1960. Drawing on a number of case studies from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Japan and Nigeria, the module will also introduce key debates on the modern nexus of art and anthropology and emerging scholarship on the contradictions of colonial entanglement. We will pay close attention to material infrastructures of colonial trade, travel and economic exchange but also think about modes of world-making enabled by radical pedagogies, socialist and feminist internationalisms and transnational networks of solidarity and friendship.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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