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1	Key Transitions in Western Art Cindy Morefield Western Thought & Culture Winterim 2002
2	Overview
3	Definitions Representational Non-representational Realistic Abstract
4	Definitions
5	Greco-Roman to Medieval
6	Italian Pre-Renaissance
7	Renaissance Technical Innovations Linear Perspective Oil Paint
8	Linear Perspective
9	Linear Perspective
10	Oil Paint
11	Oil Paint
12	“Reign of Realism” (c. 1400-1900)
13	“Reign of Realism” (c. 1400-1900)
14	“Reign of Realism” to Modern Abstraction Media Innovations Photography Film
15	Impressionism
16	Impressionism
17	Post-Impressionism - Analytical thread
18	Post-Impressionism - Expressive thread
19	Progression of Modern Abstraction Expressive thread German Expressionism Abstract Expressionism (esp Action Painting) Analytic thread Cubism Minimalism
20	German Expressionism
21	German Expressionism
22	Abstract Expressionism
23	Cubism
24	Minimalism
25	Modernism to Post-Modernism Modernist Beginnings Dada Surrealism Pop Art
26	Dada What makes an object an “art” object?
27	Surrealism What is reality?
28	Pop Art First canonized break with modern abstraction
29	Pop Art
30	Post-Modernism Eclecticism & plurality of styles Self-consciousness Proliferation of media Art as experience Aesthetic of difficulty
31	Post-Modernism
32	Post-Modernism
33	Where from here? Problems Exhaustion Quantity erodes quality Aesthetic of difficulty alienating, elitist Self-conscious to a fault
34	Where from here? Possibilities More art Greater range of materials, forms Decentralization of art world Multi-level scene, niches Revival of sacred and religious art