Lecture Summary (9/17)

Post-Modernism :
   
     - Pluralism of Viewpoints
     - Shift from a dialog taking place in person (in NY or Paris) to a mediated dialog - through art, fair, media 

Modernism :
     
      - the shock of a new rapid progression of styles
      - transgressive : opposition to mainstream society (avant garde)
      - Rejection of the Past : colonial view of Non- European Cultures

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism :

      - Monet
      - "Art consists of inventing, not copying."
      - Fauves - "Wild Beasts"
      - Cubism

Italy - Futurism
Russia - Constructivism
Germany - Expressionism
Holland - De Stijl