Two world wars, sweeping technological change, and the undoing of traditional academic art.
1900 - 1980
Beginner's guide
The 20th century saw radical shifts in the way art was made—and it kept on shifting.
Movements in art 1900 - 1980
Fauvism and Expressionism
Cubism and early abstraction
Dada and Surrealism
German art between the wars
Latin American modernism
American art to World War II
Postwar American art
Postwar European art
Conceptual and Performance art
Post-Minimalism
Global vanguards
Architecture and design
All content | Modernisms 1900 - 1980
Can a urinal count as art? What about a canvas of pure color, or a chair placed in front of a gallery wall? These artists answered yes.
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Selected Contributors | Modernisms 1900 – 1980
- Dr. Kris Belden-Adams
- Alejo Benedetti
- Dr. Jennifer Bethke
- Dr. Doris Maria-Reina Bravo
- Emily Casden
- Maria Castro
- Dr. Stephanie Chadwick
- Dr. Kristen Chiem
- Dr. Margaret C. Conrads
- Mya Dosch
- Linda Downs
- Dr. Davor Džalto
- Dr. Nausikaä El-Mecky
- Abby R. Eron
- Robyn Farrell
- Dr. Tom Folland
- Dr. Shana Gallagher-Lindsay
- Allison Glenn
- Bruce Guenther
- Dr. Jennifer Henneman
- Dr. Margaret Herman
- Dr. Maya Jiménez
- Farisa Khalid
- Sal Khan
- Dr. Mary Kinnecome
- Katrina Klaasmeyer
- Dr. Juliana Kreinik
- Dr. Lara Kuykendall
- Perrin Lathrop
- Dr. Rosalind McKever
- JP McMahon
- Dr. Elizabeth M. Merrill
- Dr. Leta Y. Ming
- Dr. Emily Orr
- Dr. Elizabeth Otto
- Dianne Pierce
- Dr. Matthew A. Postal
- Dr. Paul A. Ranogajec
- Michal Raz-Russo
- Dr. Shirley Reece-Hughes
- Tina Rivers Ryan
- Dr. Fiona Robinson
- Lynn Robinson
- Dr. Vanessa Rocco
- Shawn Roggenkamp
- Josh R. Rose
- Karen Schifman
- Danielle Shang
- Dr. Hannah Sigur
- Dr. Malka Simon
- Dr. Virginia B. Spivey
- Rebecca Taylor
- Dr. Erin Thompson
- Rachel Warriner
- Jessica Watson
- Charles Wiebe
- Charlotte Wilkins
- Christine Zappella
- Dr. Bryan Zygmont