Concepts of modern art From Fauvism to Postmodernism” (thames& Hudson world of art).
1. How has the nude been the central subject in Western art history and how have the avant-garde artists in the modern era used it to challenge the social, institutional and aesthetic conventions of art?
2. How has the idea of symbolism redefined the notion of art in the history of modern art? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
3. How has color become an important factor for modern artists in considering the possibility of the autonomy of art? What are the contexts and characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
4. How has form become an important factor for modern artists in considering the possibility of the autonomy of art: (the focus on the formal elements of art rather than the contents/the subject-matter)? This results in a “formalist” development of modern art history. What are the context and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
5. How has the interaction between art and science/technology shaped the history of modern art? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy of those who explored this?
6. How has primitivism made a huge impact on the development of the history of modern art? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
7. How did the “anti-art” claim shape the history of modern art? What are the context and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
8. How has the claim of “art for art’s sake” shaped the history of modern art? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
9. How has the search for self-identity and/or nationalism of the artists and art groups shaped the history of modern art? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
10. How has the revelation of the inner essence of humanity become an important drive of modern artists? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
11. To what extent are the modern arts and modern built environment the result of a “purist” ideal?
12. How have modern artists engaged in politics (as a way to change society using their art)? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
13. Anti-rationalism become an important currency in the history of modern art. What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?
14. How has the spirit of realism shaped the history of modern art? What are the contexts and the characteristics of the aesthetic strategy used by those who explored this?